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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • What are the implications for a physician when a patient wants them to participate in assisted-suicide?

    February 11, 2015

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 11, 2015 Source: In wake of assisted-suicide ruling, a huge question looms: who does the killing?  

  • Tim Caulfield and Yoni Freedhoff coming up on Sunday House Call

    January 23, 2015

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 23, 2015   Coming up on Sunday House Call, January 25, 2015 on 580 CFRA Ottawa at 4 PM In his new book, “Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash”, University of Alberta Professor Timothy Caulfield argues that celebrity culture has emerged as one…

  • Improved hospital standards and adaptation reduced hospital-related deaths

    December 3, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 3, 2014 Source: Hospital deaths down by 400 a year at The Ottawa Hospital, new data show Reference: Your Health System

  • Electronic medical records being adopted by more practices according to survey

    December 2, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 2, 2014 Source: Digital divide: More doctors now keeping patient records electronically: survey  

  • Ontario e-cigarette ban law: Trust government to ignore the evidence and pass policy anyway

    November 26, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 26, 2014 Source: Ontario bans flavoured tobacco, cracks down on e-cigarettes Jesse Kline: Don’t believe the fear campaign — e-cigarettes can save millions of lives Jesse Kline: Ontario’s fear-based decision making

  • Ontario health stats have serious methodology flaws for some measurements

    November 21, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 21, 2014 Source: Health report finds access to care an issue Reference: How Healthy Are Ontarians and How Is Our Health System Performing?

  • The unintended consequences of quarantining health care workers returning from West Africa

    October 27, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 27, 2014  

  • University of Ottawa bars medical students from assessing people with fever and cough over Ebola fear. Really?

    October 24, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 24, 2014  

  • Risk perception: Imagine the reaction if news reported 10,000 deaths from a virus in one month compared to the ebola coverage

    October 10, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 10, 2014 Source: What to know about this year’s flu virus  

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