We are making headway under our own steam, and with @dave30th's work for us which is a wonderful gift!
However, if progress is too slow, and many more could be harmed, there is always legal action, which @rvallee, and I think many others would agree is inevitable.
In the late 1980s I requested copies of my lab work, and was refused, as this was the property of the physician, and I was not privy to it.
Things can happen with legal action: in 1992 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that patients have a right to see, and copy their files:
A patient made a request to her doctor for copies of the contents of her complete medical file. The doctor delivered copies of all notes, memoranda and reports she had prepared herself but refused to produce copies of consultants' reports and records she had received from other physicians who had previously treated the patient, stating that they were the property of those physicians and that it would be unethical for her to release them. She suggested to her patient that she contact the other physicians for release of their records. The patient's application in the Court of Queen's Bench for an order directing her doctor to provide a copy of her entire medical file was granted. A majority of the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment.
Held: The appeal should be dismissed.
In the absence of legislation, a patient is entitled, upon request, to examine and copy all information in her medical records which the physician considered in administering advice or treatment, including records prepared by other doctors that the physician may have received. Access does not extend to information arising outside the doctor‑patient relationship. The patient is not entitled to the records themselves. The physical medical records of the patient belong to the physician.
https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/884/index.do
However, if progress is too slow, and many more could be harmed, there is always legal action, which @rvallee, and I think many others would agree is inevitable.
In the late 1980s I requested copies of my lab work, and was refused, as this was the property of the physician, and I was not privy to it.
Things can happen with legal action: in 1992 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that patients have a right to see, and copy their files:
A patient made a request to her doctor for copies of the contents of her complete medical file. The doctor delivered copies of all notes, memoranda and reports she had prepared herself but refused to produce copies of consultants' reports and records she had received from other physicians who had previously treated the patient, stating that they were the property of those physicians and that it would be unethical for her to release them. She suggested to her patient that she contact the other physicians for release of their records. The patient's application in the Court of Queen's Bench for an order directing her doctor to provide a copy of her entire medical file was granted. A majority of the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment.
Held: The appeal should be dismissed.
In the absence of legislation, a patient is entitled, upon request, to examine and copy all information in her medical records which the physician considered in administering advice or treatment, including records prepared by other doctors that the physician may have received. Access does not extend to information arising outside the doctor‑patient relationship. The patient is not entitled to the records themselves. The physical medical records of the patient belong to the physician.
https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/884/index.do
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