ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 11/23/2020
How do the leading COVID-19 vaccines differ? And what does that mean for Canada?
Canada locked in a supply of potential vaccine candidates when it signed agreements with a number of pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna months ago, and that should accelerate a rollout when ready. - 11/23/2020
Quebec FP sanctioned for having an affair with a patient
A family doctor at Barrie Memorial Hospital in Ormstown, Que., southwest of Montreal, was expelled for five years for having a short romantic relationship with a patient. This is the minimum sanction provided for in Quebec's Law 11 on sexual misconduct. - 11/23/2020
Updated relief measures to support physicians and their practices
As the pandemic continues to financially challenge businesses countrywide, the Government of Canada has recently announced extensions to existing programs as well as several additional support measures to help those who may be struggling. For a number of physicians across the country, these updates are particularly relevant. - 11/22/2020
Canadian medical journals retract columns co-written by Dr. Gideon Koren
The retraction notice came after the editors of the Canadian journals launched a review when two Sunnybrook Hospital pharmacologists disputed the findings of the case report, “calling into question that newborns can develop opioid toxicity from breastfeeding.” - 11/22/2020
Doctors without a net
- 11/22/2020
Canada is failing our healthcare workers
PHAC needs to immediately undertake a review of its guidance on infection prevention and control for healthcare workers and require airborne precautions for all those caring for patients with suspected and confirmed COVID-19. - 11/22/2020
Transforming pharmacy school instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic
In the spirit of experimentation, I decided to convert two of my four lectures into online modules using Articulate. - 11/22/2020
Exclusion of mental illness in assisted dying bill slammed by psychiatrists
The federal government maintains that denying Canadians with debilitating mental illnesses the right to medically assisted death is simply a matter of continuing a prohibition that already exists in the law.