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- 9/6/2011
Doctors slam Ottawa over asbestos stance
Delegates to the Canadian Medical Association’s General Council last month voted unanimously in favour of a resolution to express opposition to the federal government’s decision to reject the international designation of chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous chemical. - 9/6/2011
A president-elect from the far North
- 9/6/2011
Students call for better career planning tools
Association backs national forum to better align postgraduate training positions with social need - 9/6/2011
Allied health professionals increasing in popularity
Patient survey finds physicians still most trusted source but ‘quality of care varies considerably’ - 9/6/2011
Naturopaths taking uneasy seat at patient-care table
Has the medical profession been too generous in accommodating alternative treatments? - 9/6/2011
Comrades in arms
- 9/6/2011
Seize chance to change health care: Dr. John Haggie
In an inaugural address full of hope, incoming president Dr. John Haggie movingly melded his personal experience coming from the U.K. as an international medical graduate decades ago with his deep love today for his adopted country, and his aim to improve the medical system. A former Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association president, he said, “Old presidents never die, they simply find another forum to keep asking ‘Why?’ So here I am.” - 9/6/2011
Medical faculty is ready for its sophomore year
Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick gets overwhelming support from community and local MDs - 9/6/2011
Doctors in quandary over medical marijuana
Stigma, discordant regulations, unclear paperwork and limited research on pot make doctors wary - 9/6/2011
Push to limit visa students approved
Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) president Noura Hassan said the March decision by the Dalhousie University medical school to sell 10 medical school spots to qualified students from Saudi Arabia was just plain wrong.