Euthanasia” refers to killing or permitting the death of a person or a domestic animal in a quick and painless way intended to relieve unbearable suffering.[1] In the Netherlands, where euth... Read More
Background Recently the issue of resident work hours and, more specifically, work-hour limits has received increased attention in medical education.[1-3] Concerns about the effects of resident sleep... Read More
Prostate brachytherapy (PB) is a standard treatment for localized prostate cancer. The procedure uses real-time transrectal ultrasound guidance to place radioactive sources (“seeds” 0.0834.5 mm in... Read More
Switzerland offers fertile ground for medical students to practise medicine … and languages It was June 2008. I had finished my last clinical exam and was on the way to Zurich, Switzerland, the... Read More
Canada has one of the highest rates of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the world. The estimated incidence of T1D in Canadian children aged 0 to 14 years is 21.7 per 100000 per year.[1] Using 2008 census... Read More