Introduction
I. Health law and policy
II. About the book
III. Conclusion
Chapter 1: The anatomy of medicare
I. Introduction
II. Problems in the system
III. Funding
IV. The supply of health services
V. Health reform initiatives
VI. Conclusion
Chapter 2: regulation of health care professionals
I. Introduction
II. Models of regulation
III. Self-regulation
IV. Other issues in the regulation of health care professionals
V. Conclusion
Chapter 3: Negligence and malpractice
I. Introduction
II. Duty of care
III. Standard of care
IV. Causation
V. Injury
VI. Defences
VII. Breach of contract
VIII. Breach of fiduciary duty
IX. Hospitals
X. Conclusion
Chapter 4: The fundamentals of consent
I. Introduction
II. The consent requirement
III. Elements of consent
IV. Consequences of failure to obtain consent
V. Conclusion
Chapter 5: Informed consent
I. Introduction
II. A caveat about terminology
III. The informed patient
IV. THe informed physician
V. Informing causation of damage
VI. Informing and products liability
VII. Content of information
VIII. Developments in disclosure
IX. Exceptions to disclosure requirements
X. Informed refusal
XI. Challenges to informed consent
Chapter 6: Health information
I. Introduction
II. Health information and the right to privacy
III. Health information legislation and related developments
IV. Health information and the duties of health care providers
V. Disclosure of health information
VI. Conclusion
Chapter 7: Children, adolescents, and health care
I. Introduction
II. Who decides? The identity of the decision-maker
III. How to decide? Guidance and intervention principles
IV. Confidentiality and privacy
V. A broader perspective on health determinants
Chapter 8: Mental disability law
I. Introduction
II. Respectful terminology
III. Mental illness, mental disorder, emotional disturbance
IV. Intellectual disability and other terms
V. Incidence of mental disability and some of its costs
VI. The history of mental disability: a legacy of abuse, neglect, and discrimination
VII. Thinking about mental disability ... and the law
VIII. The disability model and the potential for equality
IX. General principles (or lack thereof)
X. Hospital admission, examination, detention, and treatment
XI. Issues in treatment: the right to make treatment decisions
XII. Controlling treatment decisions in the community
XIII. Consumer assertions of an expansive right to receive treatment that he or she desires
XIV. Other state interventions
XV. Related contemporary issues
XVI. Conclusion

Chapter 9: The legal regulation of women's reproductive capacity in Canada
I. Introduction
II. State policy on abortion
III. Judicial interference with pregnant women in the alleged interest of the fetus
IV. Maternal recovery for prenatal conduct after the birth of a baby
V. Maternal recovery for pregnancy-related injury
VI. Conclusion
Chapter 10: Regulating reproductive technologies in Canada
I. Introduction
II. Legislation and case law
III. Specific legal issues and challenges
IV. Conclusion
Chapter 11: Genetics and the law
I. Introduction
II. Background
III. Human rights law
IV. Property rights
V. Regulation of research
VI. Making a choice to participate
VII. Research involving children
VIII. Research involving incompetent adults
IX. Privacy and confidentiality
X. Legal liability for injury to research paticipants
XI. Human tissue, embryos and fetuses
XII. Justice and the recruitment of research participants
XIII. Conclusion
Chapter 13: Decision-making at the end of life
I. Introduction
II. Termination of life-prolonging treatment for mentally incompetent patients
III. Termination of life-prolonging treatment for mentally incompetent patients with health care directives
IV. Termination of life-prolonging treatment for mentally incompetent patients without health care directives
V. Provision of potentially life-shortening pain medication
VI. Euthanasia (mercy-killing)
VII. Assisted suicide
VIII. Conclusion
Chapter 14: Civil liability of physicians under Quebec law
I. Introduction
II. Brief overview of the general principles governing civil liability
III. The duty to inform and to obtain consent
IV. The duty to treat and correlative obligations
Index