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Premise / BY: Clara MacDonald, MSc, MD April 2024
... and prescribing incorrectly. The speakers addressed each issue in turn. When it came time to speak to the concerns ... 1-3 ] According to a Canadian study published in 2004, 7.5% of patients experience at least one adverse event ... primary victims of adverse events, but caring physicians may also be deeply affected.[ 4 ] Second victim syndrome, a ...
Premise / BY: Judith Marois, April 2010
Whether to accept gifts from patients is a thorny issue, made even more fraught in the psychiatric context. ... to the physician’s service, significant monetary gifts may imply that the patient is offering the physician a tip. ... among the Canadian provinces that the CMA Code of Ethics (2004) and the CMA Charter for Physicians (1999) are the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Paul Dhillon, MBBChBAO, LRCP&SI, EMDM, CCFP, DRCOG, DTM&H(Lon), FRGS March 2005
... and in the hospital.” Although some of these people may choose not to have a family physician, a visit to most ... openings.” [5]  Following these dismal results, “in 2004, there were 124 unmatched family medicine positions in ... the care they provide in hospitals.” [2]  This issue is addressed through greater awareness and the growing ...