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GOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE [6 records]

Record 1 2022-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
  • Personnel Management (General)
CONT

Following an absence from work due to illness, injury or medical condition(or for any other reason), it is also good practice to hold a "return-to-work" meeting with the employee. This can be informal if the absence was only a few days. In cases of a long absence, several meetings to plan the return to work are advised.

Key term(s)
  • return to work meeting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
CONT

Après une absence du travail pour raison de maladie, de blessure ou de problème de santé (ou pour toute autre raison), il est également de bonne pratique de tenir une «réunion de retour au travail» avec l'employé. La réunion peut être informelle si la période d'absence est de quelques jours. En cas d'absence prolongée, il convient de tenir plusieurs réunions pour planifier le retour au travail.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Medical Staff
OBS

[The] mandate is... : To promote good health and act as an advocate on health issues. To promote good and appropriate medical practice in accord with the code of ethics. To promote the good name of medicine. To promote continuing medical education. To promote fellowship and good relations within the profession and with the public. To help, as much as possible, any member in distress from any cause. To advocate for any doctor or group of doctors subjected to injustice; and to mediate, when requested, in disputes and differences between local medical groups or individuals.... To cooperate with [Doctors of BC], [the Canadian Medical Association(CMA) ] and [the] College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC [British Columbia].

OBS

The Victoria Medico-Chirurgical Society was founded in 1895, laying the ground work for what is now known as the Victoria Medical Society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Personnel médical

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Health Law
CONT

The courts must of course assess expert medical evidence, as they must assess any expert evidence. However, it is not their role to decide which of the therapeutic options presented is the right one; that determination falls within the parameters of good medical or surgical practice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

[Les équipes chirurgicales] prélèvent selon les bonnes pratiques chirurgicales et s'assurent de la qualité des greffons.

OBS

bonnes pratiques chirurgicales : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • bonne pratique chirurgicale

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
CONT

... the Court of Appeal of Ontario held... that the decision as to disclosure of risks is for the physician on the basis of good medical practice.

Key term(s)
  • risks disclosure
  • risk disclosure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

[L'] obligation d'information s'étend sur les traitements possibles et leurs conséquences (divulgation des risques).

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
CONT

... the Court of Appeal of Ontario held... that the decision as to disclosure of risks is for the physician on the basis of good medical practice.

Key term(s)
  • good medical practices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Dans tous les cas, le même code de déontologie et les mêmes lois et règlements encadrent et déterminent les bonnes pratiques médicales. Les plus récentes versions du Code de déontologie des médecins et de certains règlements incluent des articles qui précisent les obligations du médecin dans l'exercice de certaines activités professionnelles, notamment celles du médecin chercheur, du médecin expert et du médecin en santé publique.

OBS

bonnes pratiques médicales : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • bonne pratique médicale

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
  • Medical Staff
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

"duly qualified medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who is licensed to practice medicine in Manitoba and who is a member in good standing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba(«médecin »)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
  • Personnel médical
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

« médecin » Médecin qui est autorisé à pratiquer la médecine au Manitoba et qui est membre en règle du Collège des médecins et chirurgiens du Manitoba.(« duly qualified medical practitioner »)

Spanish

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