Patient accountability is essential for healthcare systems
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10/7/2025
It appears family doctors are giving up
About one-third of the family doctors I spoke at a conference were at some stage of quitting family medicine. Given that Canada has six million people without a family doctor—which is already a disaster—it’s safe to say our healthcare system won’t survive if this happens.
