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Premise / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, January/February 2010
... discredited as a treatment for most ailments. The practice of bloodletting began around 3000 years ago with the ... AD) declared blood as the most dominant humor, the practice of venesection gained even greater importance.[ 2 ] ... million words. He had an extraordinary effect on medical practice and his teaching persisted for many centuries. His ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) March 2010
Two hundred years ago the practice of medicine was a field notable for its reliance on ... of government officials in the discussions around scope of practice, and it appears with some regularity in the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Jenny Ko, March 2010
... On the one hand, competence is decision-specific in practice; a person may possess the mental capacity to make ... of euthanasia not only increases the likelihood that the practice of euthanasia will be abused for economic gain, but ... be the reason for requesting euthanasia.[ 10 ]  Moreover, practice of euthanasia assigns social worth and accordingly ...
Premise / BY: Judith Marois, April 2010
... define the “parameters of professional conduct in the practice of psychotherapy by physicians.”[ 1 ] Boundary ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP May 2010
... with advanced illness as part of reasonable medical practice, even if the family requests it.[ 14 ] It is ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Carl Shearer, MD, June 2010
... that it takes up too great a proportion of their limited practice time. We have found that this problem can be solved ...