ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 2/12/2019
Quebec facing strong opposition to new bill restricting cannabis consumption
The Quebec government faced strong opposition as public consultations began Tuesday on its bill seeking to increase the legal age of cannabis consumption and ban it from all public areas. - 2/12/2019
Students, physicians in Calgary call for government crackdown on teen vaping
SAAVE,which stands for Stop Addicting Adolescents to Vaping and E-cigarettes, is calling for stricter regulations than on tobacco products. - 2/12/2019
Canadian doctors fight for stronger gun laws
The Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns is composed of family doctors, emergency room physicians, psychiatrists, trauma surgeons and a variety of other surgeons - 2/11/2019
Family doctors can no longer earn CME credits for pharma-sponsored dinners
This comes as a result of a review aimed at curbing industry influence in continuing medical education - 2/11/2019
The community-based MD: An endangered species
We need to reinvigorate community-based care to empower doctors to practise the way we were trained - 2/11/2019
Truth, touch, time and a tad of black humour
What a patient taught me about what I want in the end - 2/11/2019
What the future of pharmacy looks like
Team of practice researchers set out what needs to happen—and why— for profession to evolve to meet the needs of patients. - 2/10/2019
Tax breaks could soften the blow of a national pharmacare plan
Tax breaks or exemptions for those working in pharmacy, health insurance and pharmaceutical industries could help bolster support for a national pharmacare plan - 2/10/2019
Alberta creates working group to make recommendations to ban conversion therapy
The Alberta government has created a working group to determine the most effective way to ban conversion therapy. - 2/10/2019
NB psychiatric hospital patient dies days after report finding inadequate care
A patient died unexpectedly at a psychiatric hospital in Campbellton, N.B., this weekend, two days after the province's ombudsman released a report probing complaints of mistreatment at the centre. - 2/10/2019
Position statement on medical cannabis use in rheumatic disease
Canadian Rheumatology Association provides guidance to ensure empathetic care and harm reduction