A national group of experts, led by the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) and the Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of Canada (SOGC), has developed a list of 18 recommendations to reduce medico-legal risk and increase safety of care for mothers and babies across the country.
An Ottawa fertility doctor irreversibly violated vulnerable patients by using his own sperm, or that of the wrong donor, to artificially inseminate several women over three decades, a discipline committee heard Tuesday, June 25.
Referrals between generalists and specialists have several pain points that extend waits or detract from patient care, but doctors are at work on solutions