ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 4/28/2022
Is your bias hurting patients?
I am a fat person, and what that means to me at the moment is that I cannot access needed medical care because of systemic weight bias. - 4/28/2022
Empowering Canadians to improve our healthcare system
Dr. Linda LeBlanc outlines concrete steps to improve patient responsibility in the healthcare system. - 4/28/2022
QUIZ: Latest prostate cancer screening guidelines
Do you know the details of the updated Canadian recommendations? - 4/28/2022
No room! B.C. doc says stop building big residential housing where there are no FPs to care for newcomers
A Comox Valley family physician recently told his local councillors that it could directly impact the family doctor shortage by putting a moratorium on new large-scale residential building, in a bid to stem the tide of newcomers moving to the area. - 4/28/2022
Moderna seeks Health Canada approval for COVID-19 vaccine for kids under six
Moderna Canada President Patricia Gauthier said Friday the company sent an application to the Canadian vaccine regulator late Thursday for a vaccine to protect children between six months and five years old. - 4/28/2022
How do we come back from a pandemic of misinformation?
I’ve had irate family members of patients whom I was calling to inform of a positive COVID test yelling at me over the phone that I should be ashamed that the medical community has “suppressed” ivermectin as a prophylactic and treatment drug. It’s gotten so bad that at least one spouse of a patient threatened to kill me if their spouse died of COVID. - 4/28/2022
B.C. offers rights advisers for mentally ill patients who are involuntarily detained
The province's Mental Health Act allows those in crisis to be treated for their own protection, or the protection of others. - 4/28/2022
CPhA to host national town hall May 3
The event will kick off Mental Health Week and feature data the CPhA has recently gathered on the state of mental health in the pharmacy world. - 4/28/2022
The (pharmaceutical) funny pages: Resistance is useless
Don't be pill . . . be a comedian! Enjoy this week's pharmacy phunnies are send us some of your own to be featured next week! - 4/28/2022
New service to replace Telehealth Ontario, provide online options for those seeking primary care
Health Connect Ontario is replacing Telehealth Ontario, maintaining the option to call 811 to connect with a primary care provider or newly to visit a website 24/7.