The organization representing doctors in Newfoundland and Labrador says the province must hire at least 243 additional family physicians over the next 10 years in order to keep up with the population's needs.
The province is looking at options to deliver more cost-effective services, including increased privatization of universally available and publicly paid-for services
The suspension, announced Saturday, Nov. 30 by the New Brunswick college, matches a suspension earlier this month made by a tribunal in the United Kingdom
The new code is based on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta code of conduct, and the code of ethics of Physicians of the Collège des médecins du Québec
