Jul 18 2014

Reflections

Time to Divest From the Fossil Fuel Industry

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By Ilona Hale, MD, David Hale, MSc, Env. Mgmt, Courtney Howard, MD, Warren Bell, MD As physicians we are trained to respond to emergencies – the more serious the diagnosis,...

Jul 17 2014

Reflections

Primary Care and universal health care dreams in ‘Soccer’s Country’

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Dr Marcelo Garcia Kolling is a GP and primary care academic in Curitiba, Brazil As Brazil prepared for the FIFA World Cup, its people were conflicted between football and needs...

Jul 16 2014

Student Humanities Blog

When End of Life Care Gets Personal

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Matt Eagles Memorial University Class of 2017 “What do you mean his sats are in the 80’s?” I texted to my mother on Friday, May 2, 2014. I was sitting...

Jul 16 2014

Reflections

Art, science and business: the legacy of the World Cup in Brazil

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Gustavo Gusso, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor of General Practice at University of São Paulo, and the Former President of the Brazilian Society of Family and Community Medicine   “Soccer is...

Jul 15 2014

Medical Dispatches

Proposed changes to Community Health Centres will hurt Primary Care in B.C

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Dr. Ryan Herriot, Dr. Steven Persaud, Dr. Rannie Tao, and Dr. Stephanie Stacey are Resident Physicians in Family Medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital, UBC Faculty of Medicine   As family...

Jul 10 2014

Editors' Blog

Young doctors’ aspirations, gender balance and medical training

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK Recognising achievement is important. A Fellowship ceremony at a Royal College marks the...

Jul 09 2014

Reflections

The Modern Art of Medicine

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Guest blogger, Martin Kaminski is a Research Associate in the Gastrointestinal Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and will soon take up a Speciality Training in Internal Medicine at...

Jul 03 2014

Editors' Blog

CMAJ.ca: truly international

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Émilie Lacharité is Digital Content Editor at CMAJ If you think the majority of web traffic on cmaj.ca comes from Canada, think again. In the past year, our website got...

Jul 02 2014

Student Humanities Blog

L’autre traitement

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David Roy Université Laval Class of 2015 Enfin Il est là Il est là devant moi Il est là devant moi derrière le silence Le silence qui s’assied lourdement Qui...

Jun 27 2014

Primary Care

Reflections on building primary care research capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Felicity Goodyear-Smith is a Professor in the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland, New Zealand   I have just returned from South Africa,...

Jun 27 2014

Student Humanities Blog

The Branding

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Sophie Palmer Queen’s University Class of 2017 My aunt and uncle owned a big ranch west of the city and once a year in spring they held a branding. The...

Jun 26 2014

Editors' Blog

The World Cup, injury, arthritis and treatment

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Its not just the football. Sports docs watch the World Cup medical stories with great interest—which players are injured, what happened and how they are managed. Luis Suárez, suddenly infamous,...

Jun 19 2014

Student Humanities Blog

Life and death: a medical student’s first experiences with the circle of life

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Isabelle Dobronyi McMaster University Class of 2016 That morning, I woke up bright and early for my first ever labour and delivery shift. I didn’t know what to expect.  All...

Jun 14 2014

Editors' Blog

Cycling, cancer, doping, and danger

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK The photograph in the Globe and Mail was impressive. Thousands on the Ride...