ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 10/21/2018
Foucault’s father: A brief personal and medical history
In the Birth of the Clinic, published in 1963, Foucault introduced the ‘medical gaze,’ a theory that suggested the way doctors view their patients is, by the very virtue of their work, dehu-manizing. - 10/21/2018
Ontario funding for flu vaccine causes confusion
Frustration and confusion: thanks to the unusual funding situation in Ontario for the new high-dose trivalent inactivated vaccine (TIV) for influenza, those two words aptly describe how some adults aged 65 and older feel when they go to their pharmacy to get their flu shot this year. - 10/21/2018
The too-short family medicine residency
- 10/18/2018
Ontario PC government proposing more work, less pay for primary care doctors
Arbitration begins Monday Oct. 22 - 10/18/2018
New reporting regs for MAiD requests on Nov. 1 will be an extra burden on providers
Starting on Nov. 1, physicians must follow new federal regulations to report requests for medical assistance in dying (MAiD). The regulations support a Health Canada monitoring program for how MAiD is working in Canada. - 10/18/2018
Jury finds couple guilty in 2013 death of toddler son
Jeromie and Jennifer Clark were found guilty of criminal negligence causing death and failure to provide the necessaries of life for their son - 10/17/2018
Manitoba NDP calls for inquest into death of indigenous heart patient on 10-hour bus ride
The Chief Medical Examiner will decide whether there will be an inquest