To be sure, as the colleges of physicians and surgeons will sternly tell you, doctors are only allowed to accept unsolicited gifts from patients that are ‘modest tokens of appreciation.’
Starting on Nov. 1, physicians must follow new federal regulations to report requests for medical assistance in dying (MAiD). The regulations support a Health Canada monitoring program for how MAiD is working in Canada.
This week I was presented with an interesting and puzzling hand and wrist rash. It was bilateral, patchy, somewhat symmetrical, slightly itchy, slightly scaly, with no raised border.