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- 7/12/2011
Costly 'defensive medicine' unique to U.S.: survey
In a recent survey of physicians in Canada, the U.K., New Zealand and Sweden, no doctors reported practising defensive medicine, which is defined as ordering medically unnecessary tests, treatments or consultations in order to avoid lawsuits. This contrasts with similar studies of U.S. physicians. - 7/12/2011
Management style the cause of Alberta's healthcare woes: consultant
The past 20 years have seen a steady decline in the provision of health services to Albertans, according to a recent report, which says the Alberta healthcare system is an instructive example of the negative effects of the command-and-control thinking of professional management. - 7/12/2011
Hospital includes permanent teepee
- 7/12/2011
Improvements needed in on-call pay: NLMA head
Dr. Sandra Luscombe also plans to highlight gaps in care of developmentally disabled - 7/11/2011
Western nursing prof secures $1.35M CIHR grant
Project hopes to examine how structural violence is experienced by youth in Canada. - 7/11/2011
Death at Guelph, Ont., hospital linked to C. difficile outbreak
Death brings province's toll to at least 21 since late May. - 7/11/2011
IMG alt pathways to licence a thorny issue
Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada tasked with hammering out national standard - 7/11/2011
Facebook warning for nurses
- 7/11/2011
Residents’ 24-hour shifts are rights abuse: Que. arbitrator
Young doctors, medical students across the country cheer decision