Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
June 2014
... groups are trying to help their clients, but lying to have people collect unjustified income supplements is just plain ...
Letters /
BY: Allan Donkin, MD,
June 2014
... the influence that assisted suicide would have on people who consider themselves a burden on others. In an ... and it is an attempt to play on the loyalties of people who feel strongly about a different issue in order to ... comparison. What is unique about terminal illness is that people frequently find themselves increasingly dependent and ...
News
June 2014
... professionals to work more effectively with Aboriginal people and organizations. The centre will aim to boost ...
News
June 2014
... distracted by salient but irrelevant information when people want to focus on a particular item or task. Dr John ... 2009. But, until now, little was known about how it helps people ignore visual distractions. Authors of the study ... are now turning their attention to understanding how people deal with distraction, and looking at when and why ...
Obituaries /
BY: Paul Zickler, MD,
June 2014
... Life leader. Gil was a Christian mentor for many young people whose lives were deeply affected by his compassion and ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
July/August 2014
... illness is one of the morbidities.[ 2 ] We know that people with multimorbidity have reduced quality of life, ... person who is lost among the cognitive impairment. When people with dementia do not have family members to represent ... if the information is not good—can all be healing. People will often forget what you told them but will always ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
July/August 2014
... yourself. You want to gag yourself with a spoon when other people tell you about their insignificant injuries and you ...
Editorials /
BY: Brian Day, MB
July/August 2014
... democratic society, governments are elected to serve the people, not to dictate to them, limit their freedoms, and ...
Letters /
BY: Bill Cavers, MD
July/August 2014
... the public, we found we had low name recognition. Many people didn’t know who we were or what we did. We also ...
Letters /
BY: C. Eve Rotem, MD,
July/August 2014
... beds are available). Seeing what Dr Lowe and many other people have had to go through, it is time to tackle and solve ... should be discussed with a broader group, not only with people who have an incurable disease or are in constant ... pain clinics, is not always relieved. There are times when people are left to face a life that is not acceptable to ...