Nov 25 2015

Editors' Blog

Doctors’ dysfunctional behaviour and patient safety

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK   Throwing surgical instruments across a theatre, idiosyncratic single handed practice, refusing to...

Nov 24 2015

Medical aid in dying, Reflections

When suicide becomes banal

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Dr. Rene Leiva is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Family Medicine of the University of Ottawa. Part of his work includes in-patient Palliative Care and Care of the...

Nov 20 2015

Medical Dispatches

Humans of Pharmacare: exploring how our current system of drug provision impacts Canadians

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Medical Students, Henry Annan (Dalhousie University), Jackie Vanek (University of Ottawa), Jacquie Lu (Queen’s University) and Dorothy Yu (University of Manitoba), are the CFMS team responsible for Humans of Pharmacare...

Nov 20 2015

Dawn Richards, Patients' blog

A resource to inform patients and the public about clinical trials

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Dawn Richards provides project management consultant services to the Canadian organization Network of Networks (N2). She also works as a patient consultant for other organizations.   Have you ever wondered...

Nov 15 2015

Editors' Blog

Doping in sport: More dreams in tatters and doctors were complicit

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK   Sport, the focus of so many dreams, hopes and ambitions is a...

Nov 10 2015

Editors' Blog

Nobel and noble – the work of unsung heroes

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK   We expect Nobel Prize winners to be high profile researchers of almost...

Nov 07 2015

Reflections

Would you do this if it was you, Doctor?

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Michelle Greiver is a family physician with the North York Family Health Team in Toronto   As a family doctor, I sometimes wonder if I provide too much care for...

Nov 03 2015

Reflections

On reach, dissemination and engagement: shouldn’t people read the paper?

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Susan E Connolly is a first year PhD candidate at the MRC Biostatistics Unit in Cambridge, UK. She holds degrees in Veterinary Medicine and Statistics from University College Dublin. She...

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...