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How early-career family physicians integrate social accountability into practice: Findings from a multijurisdictional qualitative study

Canadian Family Physician

Objective To explore how early-career family physicians integrated social accountability into their practices, how it shaped their practice choices, and the challenges they encountered. Design A secondary analysis of qualitative interview data. Setting British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. Participants Early-career family physicians. Methods Initially a deductive analysis was conducted using a framework for categorizing 3 different levels of social accountability (individual patient [micro

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Book Review: Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? by Dr. Robert C. Smith

Common Sense Family Doctor

The COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation caused by public health measures to slow its spread exacerbated a mismatch between the need for mental health care and the number of professionals trained to provide that care. Even though stigma prevents many persons with mental health problems from seeking care, there has never been enough go around. In Has Medicine Lost Its Mind?

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Family physicians perspectives on advising patients on an obstetric delivery location: Study from a remote community

Canadian Family Physician

Objective To determine what factors individual physicians in a remote northern Saskatchewan community consider when advising patients on an obstetric delivery location. Design Semistructured interviews. Setting La Ronge, a remote northern Saskatchewan community. Participants Eleven family physicians providing full-scope care in a remote medical clinic.

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Get inspired this Nutrition Month with healthy and energizing breakfast ideas

Dignity Health Medical Foundation

Meet the clinicians of Dignity Health Medical Group and discover their secrets to a healthy and energized morning! They're sharing their favorite healthy breakfast recipes in honor of National Nutrition Month, which happens March of each year.

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Accidental cannabis ingestion in young children

Canadian Family Physician

Question A 3-year-old girl was brought to my office by her caregiver because she was not acting like herself. She was excessively sleepy, difficult to rouse, and had poor balance. The caregiver reported cannabis products in the home in the form of gummies the caregiver takes for sleep and anxiety. What symptoms should prompt consideration of marijuana ingestion and how should accidental ingestion be managed?

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The Issue with Reissue: PTE Edition

FDA Law Blog

By Sara W. Koblitz Integral to the careful balance Congress struck when passing the Hatch-Waxman Amendments, the patent term extension (PTE) is intended to restore patent life that was consumed during regulatory review of an FDA-regulated product. Even though the PTE provisions established in the Drug Price Competition and Patent Restoration Act are forty-plus years old, courts are still grappling with questions about how to best implement the Patent Term Extension.

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Introducing Bonded – A CDOCS Podcast: A New Conversation in Dentistry

CDOCS

<p><span data-teams="true">At CDOCS, we&rsquo;re always looking for new ways to educate, inspire, and connect with the dental community. That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;re thrilled to introduce <em>Bonded &ndash; A CDOCS Podcast</em>, a brand-new way to engage with leading voices in dentistry. Hosted by Dr.

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Measles is spreading. Are you safe?

NPR Health

Measles continues to spread in West Texas and New Mexico. About 300 cases have been reported, since the outbreak began in January - but the actual number is likely higher. The communities where measles continues to spread people are largely unvaccinated. At the same time some isolated measles cases have been reported in a dozen other states - largely linked to international travel.

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'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

NPR Health

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

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Researchers fear grants for studies on health disparities may be cut in anti-DEI push

NPR Health

The Trump administration's broad definition of DEI could also impact health outcomes for rural White Americans

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