A family physician in New Zealand received a scathing rebuke from the country's health commissioner after he "completely forgot" to inform a patient she had breast cancer, the Guardian reports here.
A new study has found that hundreds of patients every year travel to Switzerland to die, since the country's laws on assisted suicide provide a legal grey area.
Many family practices in Canada are adopting so-called "concierge fees," where doctors charge patients for things like writing sick notes or giving referrals for physiotherapy.
