title: Courts and health policy: judicial policy making and publicly funded health care in Canada.
abstract: The 1982 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms provided political actors with the opportunity to make rights-based challenges to public policy decisions. Two challenges launched by providers and consumers of health care illuminate the impact of judicial review on health care policy and the institutional capacity of courts to formulate policy in this field. The significant impact of rights-based claims on cross-jurisdictional policy differences in a federal regime is noted.
authors.affiliation: McGill University.
authors.forename: Christopher P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Manfredi
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maioni
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003144:Communication Barriers; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011050:Policy Making; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012813:Sign Language