by CMAJ News | May 31, 2018 | Archive, Latest, Roger Collier
Uber enters medicine but disrupting health care may prove difficult Roger Collier | CMAJ | May 31, 2018 Uber Health is working with doctors and hospitals in the United States to provide patients with rides to medical appointments. The popular ride-sharing service Uber...
by CMAJ News | May 30, 2018 | Archive, Latest, Paul Webster
Language barriers restricting access to health care for Indigenous populations Paul Webster | Toronto | May 30, 2018 The first language of 75% of the Inuit population in Nunavut is Inuktituk, yet patients are unlikely to hear it spoken by health care providers. The...
by CMAJ News | May 29, 2018 | Archive, Latest, Lauren Vogel
Has suicide become an occupational hazard of practising medicine? Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | May 29, 2018 Physician health experts say the health system shares responsibility for the profession’s high rates of suicide. Three young female doctors have jumped to their deaths...
by CMAJ News | May 25, 2018 | Archive, Health News Recaps, Lauren Vogel
Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | May 25, 2018 Quebec Premier Phillipe Couillard threatened to slash doctors’ salaries if they don’t show progress toward accepting the minimum number of patients under Bill 20. The province is still far from its goal of ensuring 85% of Quebecers...
by CMAJ News | May 24, 2018 | Archive, Latest, Paul Webster
Oversight of opioid advertising in Canada remains lax despite new federal guidance Paul Webster | Toronto | May 24, 2018 Drug companies continue to promote prescription opioids with little or no review of whether their marketing claims downplay risks, according to the...
