ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 3/21/2011
Nine maxims to follow for investment success
Stick with long-term plan to keep your financial objectives focused - 3/21/2011
Medical Post physician-writer honoured
- 3/21/2011
MDs use YouTube to expose hospital’s woes
Montreal doctors say the high-profile videos of crumbing ER were a last resort - 3/21/2011
Loblaw pharmacists offering free Healthy Heart Checks
One-day event is in collaboration with the Becel Centre for Heart Health. - 3/21/2011
BUDGET 2011: New medical expense tax credit announced
The federal government has announced a new medical expense tax credit, aimed at providing some income tax relief to those with above-average medical and disability expenses - 3/21/2011
BUDGET 2011: Loan forgiveness for FPs, nurses willing to work in rural and remote Canada
Federal budget also promises tax deductions for MD, nurse certification fees - 3/21/2011
Bringing care to Africa from above
AMREF's 'Flying Doctors' bring medical education and training to the continent - 3/21/2011
Anatomy of a B.C. family practice division
Officials allow Medical Post an up-close look at Canada’s newest primary-care reform model - 3/20/2011
Simulation can solve big problems – safely
hospitals are unique. There is no perfect analogue to the challenges faced by healthcare organizations. When people tell me that hospitals should be run more like businesses, assuming that a hospital can operate within a purely cost-based efficiency model, such as might suit a candy factory or auto plant, I get chills. - 3/20/2011
Ontario widens access to cancer drugs
A high profile case of a woman who was denied coverage of Herceptin to treat her breast cancer tumour because it was “too small” seems to have inspired the Ontario government to expand patients’ access to cancer drugs. - 3/20/2011
Medical Post series tackles head on one of the most unsettling issues facing the medical profession
Would it help ease patient suffering, or be a blatant betrayal of “first do no harm” - 3/20/2011
A window into the body