Interprofessional

As patients reach the end of their lives, there is one question doctors can ask that may help them offer more comfort than any other.

Proposals were developed to assist clinicians with the treatment of schizophrenia.

A snapshot of the pharmacy profession in Canada today

Many American physicians, myself included, support single-payer national health insurance, with global budgets for hospital care. A single, publicly accountable payer, coupled with global hospital budgets, are tools needed to assure cost control in healthcare systems. But I was recently reminded by one of my Canadian colleagues that some American “reforms” are getting a hearing north of the border. One of these is that hospitals should be paid by case-based activity fees rather than global budgets.

TORONTO | A new study shows that anesthesiologists have a lower rate of discipline compared to other specialists.

The Upper Canada Family Health Team is comprised of 16 family physicians, four Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers, Registered Nurses, a Registered Dietitian and allied staff.

Dr. Mike Evans offers another video in his health series. This time looks at a patient's on a journey to quit smoking: sometimes a short one of reslience, but more often a long journey of quitting and relapse.

Last week marked an inauspicious anniversary for me. Seven years ago I was on an extended canoe trip along the Kootenay River with my then-boyfriend (now husband). We were on the riverbank eating lunch in a grove of trees when a windstorm blew up and felled a massive cedar on top of me. My most serious injury was an L1 burst fracture, though later, when I noticed a chunk of hair missing out of the back of my scalp, I realized I was centimeters from a different story entirely.