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Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (078-00-00025), Innis Christie
Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (078-00-00025), Innis Christie
Innis Christie Collection
The Grievor requested six days of leave to take care of her mother following surgery. Her supervisor assured her that there would be no difficulty obtaining those days, and encouraged her to apply for them after taking the time off, in case she should need to apply for more than the expected 6 days. When she returned to work and made the application, 5 of the days she requested were denied, on the grounds that the one day she was awarded and the two days of the weekend should have given her adequate time to find alternate care for her …
Criminal Prosecution For Hmo Treatment Denial, John A. Humbach
Criminal Prosecution For Hmo Treatment Denial, John A. Humbach
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This article will first provide a brief examination of the economic pressures that market forces bring to bear on HMOs and their decision-making personnel. The objective is to show how the natural effect of normal market forces is to exert a constant pressure towards treatment delays and denials, particularly in the cases of elderly and chronically ill patients. Part III will provide an overview of the existing criminal law as it applies to situations in which death results because someone has violated a legal duty to provide medical treatment. In Part IV, the question of the requisite mental culpability will …
Politics And Denial, Pierre Schlag