Tag Archives: physicians

Facing some unpleasant truths about opioids
By Dr. David Juurlink

The goal of pain medication isn’t simply pain relief, the goal is to help more than harm. Sometimes chronic opioid therapy meets this objective, but it does so less often than we think.

Facing some unpleasant truths about opioids
By Dr. David Juurlink

The goal of pain medication isn’t simply pain relief, the goal is to help more than harm. Sometimes chronic opioid therapy meets this objective, but it does so less often than we think.

Facing some unpleasant truths about opioids
By Dr. David Juurlink

To openly question the role of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain is to draw the ire of patients and, sometimes, the displeasure of colleagues, particularly those who specialize in pain medicine. But it is long past time that doctors and patients reflect on what happens when these drugs are prescribed for months or years at a time.

Facing some unpleasant truths about opioids
By Dr. David Juurlink

Despite the best of intentions, doctors flooded North American homes with opioid drugs purer and often stronger than heroin.

Facing some unpleasant truths about opioids
By Dr. David Juurlink

Well-intentioned prescribing fueled the opioid crisis. For 20 years now, doctors have prescribed opioids — drugs like oxycodone, hydromorphone and others — far too liberally for chronic pain

Can filing taxes be a treatment for poverty? Here’s how doctors are helping their low-income patients
By Nancy McPherson

Doctors have long known about the link between poverty and health, but feel paralyzed to do anything about it.

Why this US doctor is moving to Canada Why this U.S. doctor is moving to Canada.
By Emily Queenan

Like many of my U.S. counterparts, I’m a doctor moving my practice to Canada because I am tired of doing daily battle with the same adversary that my patients face — the private health insurance industry.

QUEENAN_Why this U.S. doctor is moving to Canada Why this U.S. doctor is moving to Canada
By Emily Queenan

I’m a U.S. family physician who has decided to relocate to Canada. The hassles of working in the dysfunctional health care “system” in the U.S. have simply become too intense.

Patient-centred healthcare could reduce wait times and improve the Canadian health system Patient-centred healthcare could reduce wait times and improve the Canadian health system
By Robert McMurtry

Overcrowded EDs, stressed staff and concerns about patient safety are problems witnessed more often than any health care professional would wish. How to prevent this chaos?