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Dr. Eric Cadesky contrasts how people perceive the value of other goods and services, like dentistry or restaurants, with how they undervalue the work of physicians.

‘Rationing has been the government approach for decades,’ argues Dr. Merrilee Fullerton. This needs to end.

Having Dr. David Price as a keynote at FMF when he’s on the Ont. gov’t negotiating team refusing to pay for admin time and saying 3% is all doctors deserve is off.

The Ontario College of Pharmacists discussed a motion to remove James Morrison, its board chair, in a board meeting yesterday.

College reminds pharmacy teams about compounding standards.

Board chair James Morrison's proposal said in the last three months, the OCP has seen an increase in ‘behaviours indicative of board discord and a breakdown of trust.’

Dr. John Crosby spoke with an anonymous doctor about a choice to stop about 300 patients on long-term opioid therapy cold turkey after taking over an existing practice.

College notes that prescription forgeries for Cotridin and Percocet are most commonly reported.