Two judges of the Ontario Court of Appeal disputed yesterday a lawyer's allegation that letting medical investigators to observe three doctors carry out cosmetic surgical operations might threaten the confidentiality of the relationship between a doctor and a patient. Yesterday, the court heard that the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has apprehensions that the operations, from liposuction to breast rejuvenation, that are regularly carried out by the surgeons may not be safe knowing that the doctors have no formal credentials in performing surgical procedures.
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