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Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2020
Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, each day has come with new announcements ... our Canadian borders have closed in the spirit of public health and safety. In the midst of these changes, the ... employers to abandon the practice of asking for sick notes,[ 18 ] public health offices are offering a general ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... difficult conversations about end-of-life care. Exploding health care costs, expanding need for seniors’ health care, opioid overuse, and controversies about futile ... as physicians or our patient’s needs?[ 2 ] Nuland also notes how sometimes physicians will provide false hope in an ...
Premise / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, October 2012
... they form the basis of primary care advice related to many health and medical issues. Primary care physicians provide ... (“Breastfeed for as long as you can” in the patient Health Notes[ 8 ]). So, after a risk calculation based on either one ...
Premise / BY: Jamie Graham, January/February 2011
... through witnesses. Some remain at the scene; others leave notes with their names and phone numbers for future ... the samples will not endanger the subject’s life or health.  2) That, in the doctor’s expert opinion, the ...
Premise / BY: Michael F. Myers, MD, November 2006
... with them. For them he wrote wonderfully whimsical, loving notes, anecdotes, and memoirs. “With children, Osler had ... us teach medical students, residents, fellows, and other health professionals. Our students nourish us as much as we ...
Premise / BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC October 2005
... one has to consider some basic facts. First, the present health delivery system in Canada is a scandal. That patients ... fierce advocate for their patients. Last, the demands for health care are finite, and the small group of very sick ... a right-wing think tank in Vancouver. The author notes the apparent “lack of regard for patients’ needs” ...