189 judgments found.

The Belgian Professional Association of Urologists, et al. v. The Council of Ministers

Country: Belgium
Year: 1996
Court: Court constitutionnelle [Constitutional Court of Belgium]
Citation: C. C., n°1996-037f, 13 June 1996
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination
Facts:

Article 21 of the law dated December 21, 1994 (“article 21”) changed mandatory insurance payments so as to not grant fees (or, in certain cases, to grant lesser fees) to urologists or other non-radiologists specialists for diagnostic medical imagery services. However, fees remained payable to radiologists for those same services. The Belgian Professional Association of Urologists …Read more

Tags: Diagnostics, Examination, Health care professionals, Health care technology, Health care workers, Health data, Health expenditures, Health insurance, Health regulation, Health spending, Social security
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CES and Anr. v. Superclinics and Ors.

Country: Australia
Year: 1995
Court: Supreme Court of New South Wales
Citation: (1995) 38 NSWLR 47; (1995) Aust Torts Reports 81-360
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Hospitals, Medical malpractice, Mental health, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity
Facts:

CES (‘the first appellant’) sought damages from Superclinics (‘respondent’) for the loss of an opportunity to terminate her pregnancy. The first appellant, a 21-year-old woman, visited a doctor at Superclinics after she missed her period. She stated that if she were found to be pregnant, she would like the pregnancy terminated. The doctor did not …Read more

Tags: Abortion, Abortion counseling, Childbirth, Compensation, Counseling, Criminalization, Damages, Depression, Diagnostics, Duty of care, Examination, Family planning, Health care professionals, Health care workers, Late-term abortion, Maternal health, Misdiagnosis, Negligence, Pregnancy, Remedies, Termination of pregnancy, Testing, Therapeutic abortion, Tort
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R v. Cambridge Health Authority, ex parte Beckwith

Country: United Kingdom
Year: 1995
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Citation: [1995] 2 All ER 129 (CA); [1995] EWCA Civ 49
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Informed consent, Medicines
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to life
Facts:

The child “B” had a long history of unsuccessful treatments fo her cancer. In January 1995,  B suffered a further relapse of acute myeloid leukaemia. Both the doctor who oversaw B’s treatment since the initial diagnosis and the doctor who performed a prior bone marrow transplant agreed that the child had approximately six to eight …Read more

Tags: Access to treatment, Budget, Cancer, Children, Experimental treatment, Health care professionals, Health care workers, Health expenditures, Health facilities, Health funding, Health insurance, Health spending, Leukemia, Minor, Noncommunicable diseases, Patient choice, Pediatric health, Private hospitals, Public hospitals, Second-line treatment, Subsidies, Tertiary care
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Canada (Attorney General) v. Thwaites

Country: Canada
Year: 1994
Court: Federal Court - Trial Division
Citation: [1994] 3 F.C. 38
Health Topics: Disabilities, Health care and health services, HIV/AIDS, Medicines, Occupational health, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to work
Facts:

Simon Thwaites filed a complaint against the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), alleging that it discriminated against him under the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA) by restricting his employment because of his HIV-positive status. Thwaites enlisted in the CAF in 1980 and by 1986 had risen to the rank of master seaman, a position that primarily …Read more

Tags: Access to treatment, Antiretrovirals, ARVs, Disabled, Employment, Gay, Health care professionals, Health care workers, HIV, HIV positive, HIV status, Homosexual, Job safety, LGBTI, Military, People living with HIV/AIDS, PLHIV, Sexual orientation
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Case 537B/1994

Country: Hungary
Year: 1994
Court: Alkotmánybíróság (Constitutional Court)
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Right to health
Facts:

Petitioner challenged the constitutionality of a portion of a decree covering the financing of health services, which included a “professional” factor in determining the amount of funding for local governments. This provided more funding for doctors with higher skills, as opposed to merely the number of years spent as a public servant or the number …Read more

Tags: Health care professionals, Health care workers, Health expenditures, Health funding, Health insurance, Health spending, Primary care, Secondary care
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In re T (adult: refusal of medical treatment)

Country: United Kingdom
Year: 1992
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Citation: [1992] 4 All ER 649, CA
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Informed consent, Mental health
Human Rights: Right of access to information, Right to bodily integrity
Facts:

This case dealt with the right to choose how to live, specifically regarding the right to refuse a blood transfusion. Miss T had been raised by her mother, a Jehovah’s witness, but was never baptized into the faith and had told her boyfriend and father that she was not a Jehovah’s Witness. She was 34 …Read more

Tags: Emergency care, Health care professionals, Health care workers, Incapacity, Incompetence, Informed choice, Involuntary treatment, Mental competence, Non-consensual testing and treatment, Patient choice, Unauthorized treatment
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Case 64/1991 (XII. 17) AB

Country: Hungary
Year: 1991
Court: Constitutional Court
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Freedom of religion, Right to bodily integrity, Right to life
Facts:

Two groups of petitioners, one pro-life and the other pro-choice, challenged provisions regulating abortion in Article 29(4) of the Health Act, Decree 76/1988. (XI.3.) MT, and its implementing Decree 15/1988. (XII. 15) SZEM. Article 29(4) established that abortion would be permitted in circumstances outlined under the regulations. The implementing regulations in Decree 15/1988 provided that …Read more

Tags: Abortion, Children, Conscientious objection, Criminalization, Family planning, Health care professionals, Health care workers, Pregnancy, Termination of pregnancy
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Doe v. Attorney General of the US

Country: United States
Year: 1991
Court: 9th Circuit Court of Appeal
Citation: 941 F.2d 780 (1991)
Health Topics: Disabilities, Health care and health services, Health information, HIV/AIDS, Hospitals, Infectious diseases
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to privacy
Facts:

John Doe brought a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Agent Held alleging that they discriminated against him by ceasing to send agents to him for physical examinations because of his AIDS. John Doe was a physician who gave physical examinations to FBI agents and to potential agents in the hiring process. …Read more

Tags: AIDS, Clinics, Confidentiality, Disabled, Employment, Examination, Handicapped, Health care professionals, Health care workers, HIV, HIV positive, Law enforcement, People living with HIV/AIDS, PLHIV
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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Ireland Ltd. v. Grogan

Country: Ireland
Year: 1991
Court: European Court of Justice
Citation: [1991] ECR 1-4733
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health information, Hospitals, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Freedom of expression, Right of access to information
Facts:

The plaintiff, the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, an Irish company whose purpose was to prevent the decriminalization of abortion, brought a suit against the defendants, including Stephen Grogan and fourteen other officers of Irish student organizations, for their distribution of “specific information relating to the identity and location of clinics” in other …Read more

Tags: Abortion, Access to healthcare, Advertising, Awareness, Clinics, Criminalization, Health care professionals, Health education, Pregnancy; Termination of pregnancy
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K.H. v. Malmöhus Läns Landstingskommun

Country: Sweden
Year: 1990
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: NJA 1990 s 442 – Målnummer No. 40
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health information, Hospitals, Informed consent, Medical malpractice
Facts:

Kerstin H. had an operation intended to lessen pain in her hip, however after the operation she still suffered from the original ailment as well as new pain. Prior to the operation, Kerstin H. had been informed that the doctors aimed “to clean up the area around the nerve” (the doctors had also used such …Read more

Tags: Clinics, Disclosure, Duty of care, Examination, Health care professionals, Informed choice, Negligence, Patient choice, Tertiary care, Unauthorized treatment
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