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MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
At the time of my medical training, the term medical ethics was hardly used when discussing complex issues related to patients and families.
MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
There are days in my clinic where I seem to be having the same conversation over and over…
MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
In North America, although Canada and the United States are separate countries, and each State and Province have their own areas of jurisdictional responsibility, both countries share the legal formulation that Supreme Court rulings set precedential interpretations of the law.
MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
Although CPR is largely perceived as a benign life-saving intervention, it inflicts...
The requests for mental capacity assessments are increasing in number and variety. It is incumbent upon those who perform these assessments to ensure that they properly understand mental capacity.
Considerable information is available about elder abuse but there is a lack of connection between this knowledge and the day-to-day activities of healthcare professionals.
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Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care now has an innovative program in ethics education.
MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is commonly perceived as a miraculous treatment that averts death. For many, the understanding of CPR comes from television and movies where, inevitably, death is cheated by heroic resuscitation.
Genuine and personal care, trust and friendship often characterize the relationship between a physician and his or her geriatric patient.
Of all the symptoms associated with illnesses that commonly affect geriatric patients, the most difficult to manage--for the patient and his or her physician--are those that affect the patient's mental faculties.