The family doctor who delivered Elliot Eurchuk as a baby and saw him as a patient until 18 months before his death told a British Columbia's coroner's inquest that teens have the right to privacy about their medical issues.
Most seniors in British Columbia can't afford the public home support system to keep them in their own homes for as long as possible, says a report from the province's advocate for seniors.
Nova Scotia's health authority has been ordered to conduct a "violence in the workplace'' assessment in the wake of an attack by a patient on a pregnant nurse at the East Coast Forensic Hospital over a year ago.
Decisions to withdraw life support treatments in critically ill patients with severe brain injury are complicated, are based on many factors, and are usually made by critical care physicians and families in the intensive care unit.
