Recently added articles from Health Law Review:
Public health protection and drinking water quality on First Nation reserves: considering the new federal regulatory proposal.
Sep 22, 2009; MacIntosh, Constance ... Introduction Access to clean water, for drinking and personal hygiene, is a cornerstone of public health. Dr. Lee Jong-Wook, the Director General of the World Health Organization, stated quite simply in 2004 that "[w]ater and Sanitation [sic] is one of the primary drivers of ...
Assessing a public health justification for reducing whale consumption in northern Canada.
Sep 22, 2009; Jefferies, Cameron ... Introduction At the start of the 21st century, the relationship between humans and cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) is uncomfortable at best, and, most likely, in an utter state of disrepair. (1) It has not always been this way. Whaling for both cultural and ...
Using food and beverage price interventions to address obesity.(Canada)
Sep 22, 2009; Sauder, JoAnne ... The high rate of obesity in Canada is an increasing challenge to public health. This paper will examine the possibility of using price interventions as a strategy to address the problem of obesity. Price inventions could include taxes on unhealthy foods and subsidies on healthy foods ....
Exploiting the fiduciary relationship: the physician as information intermediary in assisted human reproduction.(Canada)
Sep 22, 2009; Gruben, Vanessa ... Introduction The Assisted Human Reproduction Act [AHRA] will impose new information disclosure requirements on physicians in the context of assisted reproductive technologies [ARTs]. (1) In doing so, the AHRA exploits the trust relationship between physician and patient. The ...
New frontiers for electronic health records and research databases - Alberta's Bill 52: submission of the Health Law Institute on Bill 52.
Sep 22, 2009; Bailey, Tracey M. ... Intended to "bring the Health Information Act up to 2008 standards with the advent of technology," Bill 52, Alberta's Health Information Amendment Act, was introduced, and referred to the Legislative Assembly's Standing Committee on Health, late last November. (1) Invitations for oral ...
Submission to Standing Committee on Health Bill 52, Health Information Amendment Act, 2009 April 24, 2009.(Alberta)
Sep 22, 2009; Bailey, Tracey M. ... The Health Law Institute, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta The Health Law Institute is an academic institute of the University of Alberta established in part to promote positive reform of law and associated health policy. Based upon previous work in the area of health law ...
