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- 5/19/2022
Jagged little bill: Do Anglophone Quebecers need to be worried about Bill 96?
Thousands of protesters took the streets of Montreal last week to call for Quebec government to throw out Bill 96. - 5/19/2022
How rural Canada can attract and retain international healthcare providers: Address discrimination, provide support
Recruiting internationally educated healthcare professionals to work in underserved communities is not new. However, challenges in keeping them in these communities persist. - 5/19/2022
Dementia metaphors help describe the condition, but can also perpetuate stigma and hinder treatment
Some metaphors of dementia include comparisons to zombies or children. We see this when someone refers to the experience of dementia as “regressing to childhood” or as being “the walking dead.” - 5/18/2022
20 years after spate of hospital deaths, ex worker accused
In the five months that Jennifer Anne Hall was a respiratory therapist at Hedrick Medical Center, the rural Missouri hospital experienced 18 "code blue'' incidents. - 5/18/2022
Misinformation on social media threatens healthcare reform: @CMA_Docs president
It's up to Canadian physicians to be active on social media platforms to counter the widespread 'infodemic' that threatens to undermine their work. - 5/18/2022
EXPLAINER: What is monkeypox and where is it spreading?
Monkeypox belongs to the same virus family as smallpox but causes milder symptoms. - 5/18/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Chirag Dave: "Seeing a colleague transform from surviving to thriving is a fulfillment like no other."
I've discovered that the greatest impact I've made in my career is not with my patients but with my colleagues. While the impacts I've made with patients fulfill my sense of purpose, the biggest difference I can make is helping empower my colleagues to be confident and effective in their work. - 5/18/2022
European formula not yet on store shelves despite temporary Health Canada allowance
On May 9, Health Canada recommended that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency temporarily suspend bilingual labelling and nutrient composition requirements to allow infant formula imports from Europe, and thereby reduce Canada's reliance on U.S. suppliers.