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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2009
... is best for the patient. When I first started my general practice, I decided I would not see pharmaceutical detailers ... up the tab for lunches and food at rounds and talks. This practice continues into our working lives. Who hasn’t ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG March 2009
... answers, and a feeling that little will change in your practice as a result of attending. In fact, after decades of ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD April 2009
... reasonably be allowed some expansion of their scope of practice. I argued that fighting this legislation would not ... review by the Health Professions Council of the scopes of practice of each regulated health profession concluded that ... and therapeutic advances, so do standards for clinical practice.” It is unclear whether a rational analysis ever ...
Back Page June 2009
... responsibility.” Presentation topics in this Family Practice Refresher included travel and diving medicine, adult ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2009
... its intention to substantially increase the scopes of practice of a number of health professions. This followed on ... take a serious look at these issues. Changes in scope of practice are not new, and in some cases are entirely ... Provinces are clearly looking to changes in scope of practice as one means of addressing health human resource ...
Editorials / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD July/August 2009
... to us worked in both systems (the private part of his practice centred on tourists with altitude sickness and other ... is available only to those with the ability to pay, and practice in the private system requires some training ...
Back Page / BY: Maggie Watt, MD, CCFP, September 2009
... drifts off to sleep.  I think of these experiences in my practice as I deliver bad news, or when I am there for ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Samir K. Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, September 2009
... setting and promotes interprofessional collaborative practice.  While this may sound logical and obvious, we are ...
Back Page / BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS October 2009
... S.O.B. Nowadays, when speaking to my colleagues still in practice, they complain of being adrift in regulations, ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD October 2009
... partner that I value. Any doctor who runs a busy clinical practice will understand the importance of having a competent ... faces canceling entire clinic days. She is the face of my practice, and our patients consistently and spontaneously ... Respect their time. Become day-to-day partners in the practice. It really improves your ability to do your own part ...