A USA TODAY investigation shows that thousands of doctors who have been banned by hospitals or other medical facilities aren’t punished by the state medical boards that license doctors. “The peer review system is rife with bias, Levitt says, noting that doctors on the committees often are inclined to protect their colleagues — or go after those who cross or compete with them.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/20/doctors-licenses-medical-boards/2655513/
“Poverty consumes so much mental energy that those in poor circumstances have little remaining brainpower to concentrate on other areas of life, new research finds. As a result, those with few resources are more likely to make bad decisions that perpetuate their financial woes.”
http://news.ubc.ca/2013/08/29/poverty-impairs-cognitive-function/
“The great increase in the percentage of unrepresented litigants is not due to a loss of public confidence in the justice system. It is due to the unavailability of legal services at reasonable cost. Litigants don’t choose to represent themselves. They have no choice, other than to do nothing about the legal problems that otherwise compel them to go to court without lawyers. ”
http://www.slaw.ca/2013/05/10/wake-up-speak-up-shake-up/comment-page-1/#comment-938760
Truly inspirational message. Speaks to all of us as Ontario legislators move forward on the changes and reduction in Catastrophic Impairment benefits. Who but those most challenged are deserving of the rehabilitation and benefits than those most injured? We all need to look to doing the right thing over profit and politics.
Jimmy Anderson lives in Madison, Wisc., with his wife. He last wrote for Gawker in June about the car accident that left him paralyzed. He is the founder of the Victims of Impaired Driving Project.
http://gawker.com/this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-be-quadriplegic-1206659714
The catastrophic impairment category remains the last major battleground of the insurance industry.
Scammers cheating on their auto insurance is driving high insurance rates in Ontario, say industry insiders. So, how easy is it to cheat? Watch the episode here: http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=994985&binId=1.1147261&playlistPageNum=1
Sunday night at 6:30 on ProvinceWide with Daiene Vernile.
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/the-insurance-industry-says-you-can-blame-fraud-for-costly-of-auto-insurance-1.1435118
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For further information please visit our page on IMEs at http://www.fairassociation.ca/the-independent-medical-examination-imeie/
The World Health Organization has stated on recommendations set forth by the International Association for the Study of Pain that chronic pain treatment is a basic human right.1 The Canadian Pain Coalition at the September 3, 2010 International Pain Summit in Montreal stated that “access to pain management is a fundamental human right.2 And court judgments, including Martin vs. Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, addressed severity of pain as a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights.3
http://www.claimscanada.ca/issues/article.aspx?aid=1002558623
The DSM-5 has received extensive criticism from the psychiatric industry with the National Institute of Mental Health cautioning physicians to “use the DSM-5 cautiously, if at all”.
http://www.claimscanada.ca/issues/article.aspx?aid=1002558958
FSCO interpretations on surveillance practices leave a lot to be desired
http://www.claimscanada.ca/issues/article.aspx?aid=1002557701