More than one in ten people from the province are without a doctor. “Watching my prescription run out feels like watching a time bomb ticking down,” says Evelyn Hornbeck
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The gruesome killing of an Alberta GP puts a spotlight on physician abuse
Walter Reynolds was bludgeoned to death by a patient, shocking Canada’s medical community and prompting physicians to share their own dangerous brushes with abuse
Forget about our ‘lanes.’ It’s time for doctors to flood the freeways.
Jillian Horton: We spend much of our lives tending to the aftermath of failed social policies, afraid to engage. This is our call to speak out.
Medicine’s bigotry and bullying problem
Michelle Cohen: The noose incident in Alberta highlights a deep-rooted culture of discrimination the profession has never properly acknowledged
Doctors-in-training are growing extremely nervous about the lack of opportunities
Opinion: A growing number of students are finding that the expense and effort of studying to be a doctor may be in vain because they are unable to secure a residency spot
Female doctors are on the rise in Canada
The number of female doctors in Canada has climbed dramatically over the past nearly 50 years. Women have gone from accounting for just seven per cent of physicians in 1970 to more than 40 per cent today, according to recent numbers released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information. How those numbers break down between family medicine…
Most Canadians are okay with doctors’ pay
But an Insights West survey finds most Canadians also don’t like doctors setting up as small businesses to pay lower taxes
A tax fight has Canadians on democratic autopilot. That’s a problem.
Opinion: The ongoing debate over tax reform is driven by partisan and special interests—and is a missed opportunity for democratic engagement
What do doctors really have to fear from the feds’ tax crackdown?
Opinion: Doctors are howling over Bill Morneau’s proposed closing of tax loopholes—but few of them would actually be significantly affected
Gambling on an M.D.
In 2013, most would-be doctors came from just six undergrad schools, even though they were the tougher, more competitive ones