Patient Compliance

Eight nurses arrested on allegations of inciting violent protests against the firing of a popular Canadian doctor from a church mission hospital have been allowed to return to their posts, Zimbabwe court officials said Thursday.

A government-commissioned review is likely to press for all new nurses and healthcare assistants to be screened for their values and ability to be compassionate, Nursing Times has been told.

A recent Ontario-based research network report evaluates Saskatchewan’s Partnership to Assist with Cessation of Tobacco and Tobacco Addiction Recovery (PACT/TAR) programs.

A doctor in Florida was believed to have killed himself after allegations were made that he killed a dog with a hammer in his yard.

A Toronto doctor allegedly put his penis in the mouths of female patients over a nearly two-decade span, while fondling and kissing others.

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