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Medical slang used to sort health-care hierarchy: Dr. Brian Goldman
It may be easy to pass off some of the slang doctors use as relatively harmless, but in his new book, The Secret Language of Doctors, Dr. Brian Goldman suggested the practice also highlights tensions between members of health-care teams.
Health minister vows to ‘facilitate’ talks over needing doctor notes for home mail delivery
The first question federal health minister Rona Ambrose received after delivering her speech at the Canadian Medical Association’s annual meeting was on Canada Post’s proposal to require doctors’ notes to maintain home delivery.

Canada Post wants doctors to write sick notes for home delivery
Free app helps patients self-administer medications safely

It is estimated that as many as half of all medications are not taken as prescribed
Stateside: Study reveals physician marriages last longer
Nurses less prone to errors if left alone while dispensing pills, conference hears
Video: New program educates pharmacists in arthritis management

Training will roll out at Guardian, I.D.A., PROXIM and the Medicine Shoppe pharmacies across the country within one year.
Case Report: A twisted ankle tale takes a twist
Colonoscopy turf war leaves both sides fuming

And new rules from Cancer Care Ontario may make things worse
Taming fears from Rx information sheets
Walking the walk with my patients

Sometimes the greatest impact we have on patients comes outside of our office walls
Special report: Why doctors don't wash their hands and what this means for infection rates

Doctors lag behind other health-care workers in hand hygiene compliance. New Canadian research sheds light on what can be done

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