Initially administered to great success within the province, the provisions of Medicare were quickly assimilated at a federal level, and in 1957 became legislation under the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act. ... "ii The Canada Health Act of 1984, to which provincial governments contractually adhere to until this day, in order to receive federal funding for provincial medical insurance, is a child of the HIDS act and a result of Douglas' fraternal regard for the well-being of all Canadian citizens. The debate of private versus public health care is fundamentally a phil...

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The principle of respect for autonomy does not apply to people not in a position to act in an autonomous manner. ... But a number of studies have shown that patients do want to know the truth.10 Clinicians may refrain from telling patients difficult truths because they feel uncomfortable doing so. ... By not reporting the condition of the cast and the physician's negligence, the nurses had not prevented the patient's harm, nor acted according to the principle of nonmaleficence. ... Caregivers may view the act of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment as making them responsible for...

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