Patient Compliance

Symptoms of fever or chills, cough and runny nose in this study (19 to 26%) were less frequent than in studies conducted in hospital settings. The authors of the study suggest that was because this was a community-based cohort and cases of disease were likely more mild than those seen in hospitals.

A family doctor at Barrie Memorial Hospital in Ormstown, Que., southwest of Montreal, was expelled for five years for having a short romantic relationship with a patient. This is the minimum sanction provided for in Quebec's Law 11 on sexual misconduct.