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Legal, Ethical and Organizational Aspects
Thematic Approach
Keywords
Appendix
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Collaborators
Introduction
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Organizational Aspects
Ethical Aspects
Legal Aspects
Introduction
The Health and Social Services System
The Québec Way
General Characteristics
General Organization and Medical Organization
Conclusion
The Professional Practice of Physicians
Practice in Institutions
Practice Outside an Institution
Diversification of the Practice of Medicine
A Social Achievement Worth Preserving
Introduction
Historical and Legal Context in Québec
Historical Context
The Legal Context
Duties and Obligations of Physicians
The Code of Ethics of Physicians
The Obligations of Physicians under other Regulations
The Collège des médecins du Québec and other Associations of Physicians
The Collège des médecins du Québec
Other Associations of Physicians
Obligations of Physicians: Guideposts
Introduction
The Law and Medical Practice in Québec
The World of Law
The Legal System in Canada and in Québec
Law in the Field of Health
Medical Practice and the Law
Medical Civil Liability
Introduction
The Evolving Concept of Medical Fault
Scope of Obligations Inherent in Medical Contract
Rules Concerning Proof
Period of Time for Prescription
Compensation
Civil Courts
Professional Liability Insurance
Record-keeping
The Physician’s Obligations under Certain Laws
Civil Code of Québec
An Act respecting the protection of persons whose mental state presents a danger to themselves or to others
Public Health Act
Highway Safety Code
An Act respecting the determination of the causes and circumstances of death
Automobile Insurance Act, An Act respecting occupational health and safety, An Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases
Conclusion
Introduction
Consent
Professional Secrecy
End-of-Life Issues
Personal convictions
What is Free and Informed Consent?
Capacity to Give Consent
Substituted Consent
Who May Give Consent?
Minors 14 years of age or over
Exceptions to Obtaining Consent
Emergency Treatment
Confinement in an Institution
Diseases that Must be Treated
Conclusion
What is Professional Secrecy?
Professional Secrecy’s Regulatory Framework
The Medical Record
Access to the Medical Record
Restrictions to the Patient’s Right of Access to His or Her Medical Record
Disclosing Information to Third Persons: the Patient’s Family
Disclosing Information to Third Persons: Medical Certificates
Exceptions to Professional Secrecy
Compelling and Just Grounds
Youth Protection
Public Health Protection and the Diseases that must be Reported
Attestation of Death
Highway Safety
Conclusion
Cessation of Treatment
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Futility and Aggressive Treatment
Conclusion
Refusal of Treatment for Religious Reasons
Request for Female Genital Mutilation
Discrimination
Conscientious Objection
Liability Insurance
Code of Ethics
Consent
Personal convictions
Beliefs
Continuing professional development
End-of-Life Issues
Inquiries
Euthanasia
Private Practice
Practice in Establishment
Medical Fees
Compensation
Professional Independance
Professional Inspection
Laws and Regulations
Obligations of physician
Organization of Health System
Shared medical activities
Permit to practice
Discipline
Advertising
Responsibility
Professional Secrecy
Medical Specialties
Structure and Functions of the Collège
Assisted Suicide
Keeping of Records
Values
Legal references
Excerpts from laws and forms
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Specialties
Appendix
Legal references
Appendix
Legal references
Under review
Code of Ethics of Physicians
Regulation respecting records, places of practice and the cessation of practice by a physician
Regulation respecting the professional inspection committee of the Collège des médecins du Québec
Regulation respecting professional liability insurance of physicians
Regulation respecting the standards relating to prescriptions made by a physician
Regulation respecting the practice of the medical profession within a partnership or a company