ISSUE -- November 11, 2008
TOP STORIES
Are
better-informed patients good for doctors?
4
tips to deal with abusive patients
British
Columbians uneasy over pharmacist prescribing
Consensus
panel calls for action to address depression
Staging
system individualizes best kidney CA therapy
NEWS
Canada
in Brief: Ontario to set up pathology service
CFPC
defends alternative certification course design, cost
Consensus
panel calls for action to address depression
British
Columbians uneasy over pharmacist prescribing
Canada
lands 10th on international health indicators comparison
Are
better-informed patients good for doctors?
PROGRAMS
THAT WORK: Geriatric community teams 'absolutely vital'
How
to stop phone Rx renewals
4
tips to deal with abusive patients
Improve,
promote general surgery rotation for FPs
Push
for med school expansion stymied in B.C.
More
than half of Alberta GPs now in primary-care networks
'Service
recognition' cheques to roll out soon in Ontario
Most
Aussie, Kiwi residents close to burnout
CMA
looking into how private care might develop here
Ontario
tops in national comparison of provincial health-care systems
Flexible
work conditions top goal for women
Belleville
finds MD recruitment formula
EDITORIAL
Political
apathy enables private care
OPED
Why
aren't we talking pot?
LETTERS
Better
quality improvement processes, not knee-jerk reactions, are in order
Pharma
needs to be more upfront about drug risks
COLUMNS
YOUR
TURN: Government Minitrue and 'super-synergies'
POLITICS:
Effective health policy-making remains elusive at all levels
Young
Doctor: Delivering bad news
CLINICAL NEWS
Staging
system individualizes best kidney CA therapy
Poor
access to care may explain lower transplant survival for blacks in U.S.
Clinical
in brief: Donors need urgently
Preemies
with low thyroid levels suffer cognitive shortfall
New
research calls for starting antiretrovirals earlier
Weight-loss
drug worth more study
Combo
offers no heart attack relief for diabetics
Secrets
of breast milk protection revealed
Improve,
promote general surgery rotation for FPs
PHYSICAL
DIAGNOSIS: The locomotor system 6
MEETING UPDATES
SPINE:
Be quick to operate in cervical myelopathy cases
SPINE:
NBA players score with discetomy
SPINE:
More specific physio helps ease patients' non-specific back pain
SPINE:
Surgeons missing patients' distress
SPINE:
Surgery can be a real pain in the neck
DIABETES:
Meds underused, taken irregularly in Quebec
DIABETES:
Insulin still under-prescribed by family doctors for type 2 diabetes
DIABETES:
Diabetes patients in Alberta rural areas missing out on reductions in mortality
DIABETES:
More discussion with families needed on glucocorticoid side-effects in kids
LIFE
Advice
for aspiring doctors
Life
as a shift worker
TRAVEL:
Amazed in Madagascar
A
mini-holiday with big rewards
Indira
Ghandi, my most illustrious patient
Holiday
Books: Doctor to the North
LAST
LAUGH: On the cutting edge
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