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Issue of double standards ignored in suit - nurse

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A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If this is doctoring, then it should be doctoring all the time and every where," said Atcheson, who was accused of acting "too independently" by the college.

Issue of double standards ignored in suit - nurse

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A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If this is doctoring, then it should be doctoring all the time and every where," said Atcheson, who was accused of acting "too independently" by the college.

Issue of double standards ignored in suit - nurse

Page R2

A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If this is doctoring, then it should be doctoring all the time and every where," said Atcheson, who was accused of acting "too independently" by the college.

Issue of double standards ignored in suit - nurse

Page R2

A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If this is doctoring, then it should be doctoring all the time and every where," said Atcheson, who was accused of acting "too independently" by the college.