January 30, 2011
For many years the Lung Association in conjunction with the Ontario Thoracic Society have featured debates as part of the format of their conferences. These debates […]
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September 16, 2010
When safety and confidentiality collide. How do we decide what to do? Many organizations, in Ontario in particular, are reviewing their policies to enhance patient and […]
April 16, 2010
A radically innovative “treatment” approach to MS has sparked worldwide interest and huge demand for a surgery that has not been “proven” to bring a benefit […]
February 25, 2010
When the Premier of Newfoundland, Danny Williams, opted to go to the US (Miami) for his heart surgery earlier this month he ignited a flurry of […]
February 18, 2010
The topic of secondary triage criteria and their applicability in a pandemic has aroused a great deal of debate in many different venues. At the Queensway-Carleton […]
September 24, 2009