With Alberta set to curtail how regulatory bodies can discipline its members for ‘expressive conduct,’ the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta says it is reviewing the implications of the new legislation.
Federations in Quebec representing medical specialists and residents, along with the association representing pharmacy owners, have also filed their own legal challenges against the law.
The government’s plan drew praise from the Montreal Economic Institute think tank, which pointed to Denmark where the same public and private model is allowed.
A new study explores how 'essentially placebo' treatments raise questions about the transparency and trust that underpin the doctor-patient relationship.
Pay disparities related to gender, race and immigration status persist among Canadian doctors and are tied to physician responses to patient expectations.
A federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic.
