Dr. Neil Skjodt had conducted several sensitive examinations on three patients but had failed to adequately explain why the exams were being done, leaving the patients feeling vulnerable.
A joint statement from the country’s chief medical officers of health, chief coroners and chief medical examiners says 7,146 people died of opioid-related overdoses last year.
Survey shows 62% of doctors believe minor ailment assessment and prescribing by pharmacists is proving to be an effective way to relieve pressure on the healthcare system.
If you’ve been on social media lately—perhaps scrolling in the middle of the night, when you know you shouldn’t but you just can’t sleep—you might have seen those videos promoting this get-to-sleep technique.
Many concerns at our clinic are common and diagnosable from a distance, before actually taking a history or doing a close examination—but not all of them.