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Setting an agenda for the clinical encounter
I begin the clinical encounter with an open-ended question to initiate the discussion, like, “What brings you in today?” Then give the patient a full 90 seconds to respond.

Medically assisted death 'needs to be a good choice, not a choice of last resort'

In June, the federal government broadened MAID eligibility.
Ontario paramedics say offload delays getting worse amid staff shortages, ER closures

Several Ontario hospitals have previously warned that emergency department closures could be a recurring issue this summer as a result of staffing shortages.
QUIZ: Puzzles in chronic pain management

How well do you know Canada’s primary-care-focused guideline?
Man accused of selling bleach as COVID cure extradited to U.S.

A church manufactured, promoted and sold chlorine dioxide as a "Miracle Mineral Solution,'' officials said.
Health Canada report suggests pharmacies could sell CBD

The report found that between 20 and 200 mg/day of oral CBD was “safe and tolerable for short-term use” and could be distributed by pharmacists.
More physicians are quitting. What is going on?

Dr. Jabir Jassam says it seems like FPs are quitting now more than any time. Why? Well, family doctors are quitting because they ‘can’t take it anymore.'
Montreal says vaccine—not limiting sexual partners—best way to fight monkeypox

City public health director Dr. Mylene Drouin says vaccination against the disease remains the best strategy to reduce transmission in the city's LGBTQ community.
First saliva-based portable PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 authorized by Health Canada

Noninvasive testing procedure offers polymerase chain reaction (PCR) accuracy, with results provided in fewer than 30 minutes.

DOCTOR RECOMMENDED: What you’re watching, reading and listening to

Setting an agenda for the clinical encounter

Medically assisted death 'needs to be a good choice, not a choice of last resort'

Ontario paramedics say offload delays getting worse amid staff shortages, ER closures

QUIZ: Puzzles in chronic pain management

Man accused of selling bleach as COVID cure extradited to U.S.

Health Canada report suggests pharmacies could sell CBD

More physicians are quitting. What is going on?

Montreal says vaccine—not limiting sexual partners—best way to fight monkeypox

First saliva-based portable PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 authorized by Health Canada