Discussions

A new poll found 59% of Canadians said having an ongoing relationship with a family doctor or team was more important than having care that was more convenient.

As we move into the third year of the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, it’s important to ask what we have learned and what we have done to prepare for the next infectious-disease crisis.

NPs and PAs are already expanding into primary care. This CFPC decision is wrong headed, argues Dr. Teela Johnson.

Intuitively, we doctors think it’s more efficient for us to control the dialogue of the encounter, rather than the patient. We’re wrong.

Take our weekly physician poll and see what your colleagues say about this topic.

It’s time we crafted and adopted an international pandemic regulation Such a new regulation would minimize both current threats and the potential disruption of new threats to global health. We simply cannot continue fumbling along, relying on countries’ individual self-interest and lukewarm concern for humanity as a whole.