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Letters / BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP November 2023
As a family physician in practice in BC for 35 years, it is nice to see that our ... 24/7 access to the patients registered in a particular practice. They need to have enough members that there is no ...
Letters / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP November 2023
... nurses, and other providers best suited to that practice, location, and population. Patient volume and ...
Letters / BY: Bruce Nicolson, MD December 2023
... sponsored by health authorities, divisions of family practice, Doctors of BC, and the Ministry of Health to ... that is soon to sever us from the long-serving autonomy of practice that we fought so hard to preserve over time. ...
Letters / BY: Vaclav Hyrman, MD, FRCPC December 2022
... toxic organizational culture, a system-level problem. The practice of medicine is replete with unexpected and ... there must be a way around it. Having seen (in psychiatric practice) people suffering from symptoms of burnout ...
Letters / BY: Rob Lehman, MD, CCFP, MClSc, FCFP(LM) June 2022
... mental health services. Offer input to divisions of family practice and medical staff hospital associations. Contribute ... a fee-for-service system that encourages a high-volume practice, so spend as little time as possible with each ... the foot-voting will turn back in the direction of family practice, particularly longitudinal comprehensive family ...
Letters / BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP December 2022
... especially new graduates interested in trying out practice in a beautiful new province. It seems unconscionable ...
Letters / BY: Robert Semeniuk, MD, FRCSC July/August 2022
... so be it. I acquired my licence to perform family practice during my training and worked walk-in clinic shifts ... want. Instead, we need to support the areas of family practice that require help, including remuneration. —Robert ...
Letters / BY: Ruth Habte, MD September 2022
... care system, and to end the inequities we encounter in practice. Universal access to contraception is a vital ...
Letters / BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC September 2022
... regarding informed consent for gender dysphoria. Clinical practice and informed consent must acknowledge less invasive, ...
Letters / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP April 2022
... as fast as they can. Other family physicians are leaving practice to become surgical assistants or to practise virtual ...