ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 4/24/2022
Alberta increases funding for more cataract surgeries in private facilities
Health Minister Jason Copping said the province will fund 35,000 of the eye surgeries, an increase from 28,000. - 4/24/2022
Improve healthcare: Ensure a team for every family doctor
Team support for all FPs: Dr. Alykhan Abdulla argues that is desperately needed in this final installment of a three-part series. - 4/24/2022
The (medical) funny pages: Coffee and vasectomies
Laughter is the best medicine, so send us your favourite doc-related jokes! - 4/21/2022
Higher paid agency nurses could pose 'dangerous challenge' to health system: union
Linda Silas of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions has asked Karen Hogan to conduct the review with auditors in every province to determine if recruitment and retention of staff nurses are being undermined by the higher wages that contractors get. - 4/21/2022
For Muslims with eating disorders, Ramadan can pose dilemmas
When the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins, a battle rages in Habiba Khanom's mind: If she goes without food or drink, is she doing it for God or because of her anorexia? - 4/21/2022
Workplace harassment: Wrestling with snakes
Dr. Jabir Jassam, writing allegorically as he often does, discusses a colleague who deeply looks up to another doctor—not realizing how abusive that doctor is to her. - 4/21/2022
Case report: An accidental rash
Dr. Robert Dickson finds a somewhat unusual case in his walk-in clinic. - 4/21/2022
A new service for your vaccine hesitant patients
The PromoVac strategy, developed in Sherbrooke by Dr. Arnaud Gagneur to convince parents who are hesitant about vaccination, will be deployed across Canada through a telehealth platform. - 4/21/2022
Virtu(al) and vice: 22 thoughts on care in 2022
Does virtual care encourage convenience and low acuity encounters or does it improve access to quality care? - 4/21/2022
Nova Scotia government to release plan to address challenges in ailing health system
The Tories were elected last August largely on a single-issue campaign that focused on promises to address problems in healthcare.