Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Media and Postal Communications (2025 Reissue) / Medicine and Health (2025 Reissue)

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MEDIA AND POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS
Jay Brecher, B.A., LL.B.

Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Media and Postal Communications (2025 Reissue) examines the law governing the newspaper industry in Canada, as well as the regulation of the delivery of communications through the postal system. Topics covered include:

• The regulatory framework for newspapers
• Press Councils in Canada and initiatives to support the journalism industry
• Governance of Canada Post Corporation
• Mandate, liability and powers of the post office
• Postal-related offences and penalties

MEDICINE AND HEALTH
Michelle Moldofsky, B.A., LL.B., LL.M.

Legal issues abound in the field of healthcare. Malpractice, professional misconduct, the legalities surrounding fertility and reproduction, informed consent, the confidentiality of health records and death and dying, including medical assistance in dying, are all topics on which clients often seek sound legal advice.

When questions arise, the prudent lawyer can turn with confidence to Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Medicine and Health (2025 Reissue). This comprehensive national narrative of the law relating to health and medical care in Canada provides a concise statement of the legislation and judicial rulings that govern this crucial area of universal concern. Among the topics covered are:

• The framework for health care in Canada
  • Constitutional division of powers
  • Canada Health Act funding, insured services, user charges and extra billing
  • Provincial health insurance programs
  • Physician eligibility, remuneration and access to private insurance
• The licensing and regulation of health professionals
  • Controlled or reserved acts
  • Registration, practice entry and quality assurance
  • Complaints, investigations and alternative dispute resolution
  • Telehealth/Telemedicine
  • Discipline
• Consent to treatment
  • Common law and relevant legislation
  • Forms and elements of valid consent
  • Substitute consent
  • Consent in the context of emergency treatment, research, sterilization, and “Do Not Resuscitate” orders
  • Doctrine of informed consent
• Medical records
  • Privacy rights under the Charter
  • Duties of health care providers
  • Collection, use and disclosure of health information with and without consent
  • Statutory oversight
• Governance of public and private hospitals
  • Hospital privileges
  • Quality of care and patient safety
  • Application of the Charter
• Liability and malpractice
  • Intentional torts
  • Institutional liability
  • Health professionals and negligence
• Fertility and reproduction
  • Sterilization, forcible confinement and/or treatment of pregnant women
  • Assisted human reproduction
  • Processing and distribution of semen and ova for assisted conception
• Complementary and alternative therapies
  • Naturopathy
  • Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine
  • Massage therapy
  • Chiropractic
  • Midwifery
  • Osteopathy
  • Protective legislation for physicians
  • Natural health products and income tax
  • Medical marijuana as an alternative therapy
  • Sexual orientation and gender-related therapies
• Death and dying
  • Refusing life-sustaining treatment
  • Medical assistance in dying
  • Criminal law issues
  • Constitutional rights
  • Tissue donations
  • Involvement of coroner or medical examiner