Remove Clinic Remove Government Remove Illness Remove Magazine
article thumbnail

What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

To be eligible in Canada patients must have a “ grievous and irremediable ” condition, including disability ; they do not have to have a terminal illness with a prognosis of less than 6 months. A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. Bill, welcome back to GeriPal.

Illness 144
article thumbnail

Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

GeriPal

And then I feel like when I’m in clinic I’m helping individuals, and you only have so much time to help so many people. In clinic, I’m helping what, hundreds or thousands. Louise: Well again, if you take that approach, you also get rid of ableism and ageism against children and prejudice against people who are ill.

IT 105
article thumbnail

What RFK Jr. Isn’t Talking About: How To Make Vaccines Safer

Physician's Weekly

His clinical study was ending. system for monitoring the rare ill effects of vaccines. In 2001, the CDC set up the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment project, through which a network of eight U.S. He recommended Dressen take steroids and antibodies — treatments that saved her life, she said.