Month: October 2015

Oct 29 2015

Editors' Blog, Primary Care

Some golden nuggets, and grumbles, from NAPCRG 2015

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK   Some sessions just stand out. Dee Mangin‘s stunning distinguished presentation of her...

Oct 28 2015

Medical Dispatches, Reflections

Refugees should have access to equitable, affordable health care services in all Europe

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Dr Patrick O’Donnell is a Clinical Fellow at the University of Limerick and works on the Partnership for Health Equity project. Last week he attended WONCA Europe 2015 Congress as...

Oct 26 2015

Editors' Blog, Primary Care

Early highlights from NAPCRG 2015

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK   Health care has three components, according to Michael LeFevre (University of Missouri)...

Oct 26 2015

Primary Care

International perspectives on improving end of life care

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Professor Scott A Murray is the St Columba’s Hospice Chair of Primary Palliative Care Research Group at The University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK   We live in exciting times...

Oct 26 2015

Primary Care, Reflections

Integrating palliative care into primary care in France

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Sébastien Moine est médecin généraliste en Saint Just en Chaussée, France, et doctorant en santé publique (Université Paris 13) | Sébastien Moine is a GP in Saint Just en Chaussée,...

Oct 26 2015

Editors' Blog

‘Depressing’ or an opportunity? Health care in Canada

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Diane Kelsall is Deputy Editor at CMAJ, and Editor of CMAJ Open. She’s currently attending the 2015 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Toronto.   The opening ceremony of the 2015 Canadian...

Oct 26 2015

Primary Care, Reflections

A Call to Action: Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Care in the United States

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Anthony J. Caprio, MD, CMD serves as the medical director and an Associate Professor for the Division of Aging, in the Department of Family Medicine for the Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte,...

Oct 26 2015

Primary Care, Reflections

Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should

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Marianne Dees is a family physician and academic researcher at Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands   Let’s take a look at appropriate end of life care. The case...

Oct 26 2015

Primary Care, Reflections

Palliative care – everyone’s business!

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Geoffrey Mitchell is Professor of General Practice and Palliative care at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia   The developed world is experiencing a dramatic shift in its demographics,...

Oct 26 2015

Primary Care, Reflections

One of our biggest challenges: The End

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Fred Burge is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia.   Finally, a plenary session at NAPCRG on dying. For over twenty years I’ve...

Oct 25 2015

Student Humanities Blog

Instances

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Laura Zuccaro University of Ottawa Class of 2017           I weave the ball through an intimidating defense, An elite player, striving to improve my game, I...

Oct 23 2015

Primary Care

Research in family medicine

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Carmen García-Peña is a Mexican family physician who is currently Head of the Research Division at the National Institute of Geriatrics. She is a keynote speaker at the forthcoming NAPCRG...

Oct 16 2015

Reflections

Why Canadian children need a champion

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Laura Stymiest is a paediatrics resident at Dalhousie University. She previously trained at the Coady International Institute and has researched in the area of Social Paediatrics. She writes with… Elizabeth...

Oct 15 2015

Editors' Blog

Scientists, Academics, Journals and Publishing

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK   What is happening to scholarship in medicine, how are career scientists responding...