Physicians

A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment—known as specialities—or they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities—known as general practice. Medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines, such as anatomy and physiology, …

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CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 18 April 2024 English

• The review addressed the following policy questions: ▪ In children with ongoing active ITP, what is the overall body of evidence supporting the use of TPO -RAs and rituximab …

treatment. The feedback highlighted that only physicians and surgeons would be legitimated to make this 36 medications were administered according to physicians’ best judgment. No details were reported on whether


EVA: Ending Violence Association of BC · 16 April 2024 English

Best Principles and Practices Guideline for Sexual Assault Response for Healthcare Professionals and Anti-Violence Workers The best principles and practices for sexual assault response outlined in this guideline are based …

lt%20January%202017.pdf Police cannot direct physicians to complete a forensic exam or direct when to want to report the sexual assault to the police. Physicians do not have a duty to report a criminal sexual


CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 12 April 2024 English

The panel recognized the need to balance the recommendations with the workflow of the labs. [...] Advisory Panel Recommendations for Lab Tests ANA About the Test Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are …

results must be easily accessible for requesting physicians. • While the recommendations cannot account for Canada, the PEER group and College of Family Physicians of Canada guidelines and the Canadian Cardiovascular advisory panel was joined by 1 to 3 specialist physicians for each clinical area (i.e., endocrinology,


Fraser Institute · 12 April 2024 English

Canada’s provincial health-care systems have long suffered from a policy-driven confluence of high spending and poor performance. While some provinces have attempted minor reforms, all have largely remained committed to …

Canadians had access to substantially fewer physicians, hospital beds, and advanced medical technologies services, patient cost-sharing, dual practice by physicians, and activity-based funding for hospitals. It medical services — Section 12 Dual practice by physicians — Section 12 Activity-based funding or other


Conservation Council of New Brunswick · 9 April 2024 French

Il est temps que le Canada atlantique emboîte le pas et mette fin aux nouveaux projets fondés sur le GNL, le gaz de schiste et les combustibles fossiles et fasse …

suivantes : BeCompassionateNL Canadian Association of Physicians for the Belleisle Watershed Coalition Inc. Environment Sustainable Energy Group Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment - New Brunswick Tantramar Against Hydro-Fracking Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment -Nova Scotia Lettre conjointe


Conservation Council of New Brunswick · 8 April 2024 English

It's time for Atlantic Canada to follow suit and halt new LNG, shale, and fossil fuel projects and put the well-being of our people and our region before short-term corporate …

e/ BeCompassionateNL Canadian Association of Physicians for the Belleisle Watershed Coalition Inc. Environment Sustainable Energy Group Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment - New Brunswick Tantramar Against Hydro-Fracking Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment -Nova Scotia Joint Letter:


NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 5 April 2024

Chapter 2 of the NCCIH’s Indigenous cultural safety: An environmental scan of cultural safety initiatives in Canada focuses on cultural safety initiatives developed and implemented by the federal government and …

Cultural Competency and Cultural Safety Indigenous Physicians Association Curriculum for Aboriginal Peoples 9/FNIGC_FNDGS_report_EN_FINAL.pdf Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Kanatami (ITK) (IPAC) and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) National Inuit Suicide take to prevent suicide among Inuit. standards physicians must achieve in each of their The strategy takes Patients: A Core Curriculum for Residents and Physicians, 5. healing unresolved trauma and grief; and


NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 5 April 2024 English

Chapter 3 of the NCCIH’s Indigenous cultural safety: An environmental scan of cultural safety initiatives in Canada focuses on cultural safety initiatives created by British Columbia’s provincial government and its …

College of Pharmacists of BC, and College of Physicians BC College of Nurses and Midwives and Surgeons Commitment to Cultural Safety and Humility College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia The CDSBC signed Continuing Competency • College of Naturopathic Physicians of BC Credit requirements to renew their registration includes describing the local Indigenous context, physicians For the Next Seven Generations – for the asking Resources and Support: Brief Starter Menu for Physicians, 2022 This fact sheet provides tips for supporting


CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 4 April 2024 English

In Canada, the COVID-19 pandemic occurred in the midst of a increased the toxicity of the drug supply.6–8 In addition, for many, growing drug toxicity crisis. [...] Before the emergence …

Competing interests: David Juurlink is a member of Physicians for Re- of the authors reviewed the manuscript


ICES: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences · 4 April 2024 English

Together, we will explore how strong partnerships advance data intensive research and analytics, and improve the way data is used to inform care, policy and outcomes. [...] The experiences of …

patients in health service improvement, and support physicians to learn from data. In 2022, Dr. Kiran launched


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