One of our biggest challenges: The End
Fred Burge is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia. Finally, a plenary session at NAPCRG on dying. For over twenty years I’ve come to this annual...
View ArticlePalliative care – everyone’s business!
Geoffrey Mitchell is Professor of General Practice and Palliative care at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia The developed world is experiencing a dramatic shift in its demographics,...
View ArticleJust because we can, doesn’t mean we should
Marianne Dees is a family physician and academic researcher at Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands Let's take a look at appropriate end of life care. The case of Mr. Jones Mr. Jones,...
View ArticleA Call to Action: Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Care in the United...
Anthony J. Caprio, MD, CMD serves as the medical director and an Associate Professor for the Division of Aging, in the Department of Family Medicine for the Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte,...
View ArticleIntegrating palliative care into primary care in France
Sébastien Moine est médecin généraliste en Saint Just en Chaussée, France, et doctorant en santé publique (Université Paris 13) | Sébastien Moine is a GP in Saint Just en Chaussée, France and a PhD...
View ArticleInternational perspectives on improving end of life care
Professor Scott A Murray is the St Columba’s Hospice Chair of Primary Palliative Care Research Group at The University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK We live in exciting times for palliative care in...
View ArticleEarly highlights from NAPCRG 2015
Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK Health care has three components, according to Michael LeFevre (University of Missouri) who gave...
View ArticleSome golden nuggets, and grumbles, from NAPCRG 2015
Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK Some sessions just stand out. Dee Mangin's stunning distinguished presentation of her research...
View ArticleAtomic Data
Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK The James Mackenzie Lecture is one of the most prestigious eponymous lectures of the Royal College...
View ArticlePostmodern academic general practice: examining continuity of care
Sir Denis Pereira Gray, OBE, is a consultant at St Leonard’s Research Practice, Exeter, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom A few weeks ago a blog by Domhnall...
View ArticleMedical Moms’ toddlers tantrum too
Carrie Ladd is a part time general practitioner in the UK National Health Service, a spare time RCGP Clinical Fellow in Perinatal Mental Health, and a full time mum…doing overtime! Despite all the...
View ArticleAcademic primary care: needed now more than ever
Joanne Reeve is an Associate Clinical Professor in Primary Care at Warwick Medical School in the UK, and the Chair of the Society for Academic Primary Care A recent editors' blog by Domhnall MacAuley...
View ArticleThe evolving face of public health crises in Canada: Are we ready?
Nicole Kain is a PhD Candidate in Public Health Sciences at the University of Alberta Cindy Jardine is a professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta Autumn 2003: Hurricane...
View ArticleThe Australian Primary Health Care Research Conference: Knowledge exchange...
Lynsey Brown Dr Lynsey Brown and Dr Christina Hagger are conference conveners for this year's Primary Health Care Research conference in Australia Christina Hagger High quality primary health care...
View ArticleRallying again to support academic primary care in Australia
Dr Grant Russell is a family physician, Head of School of Primary Health Care, and Professor of General Practice Research at Monash University in Melbourne Australia. Every few months, someone writes...
View ArticleReform and Innovation: highlights from the 2016 Primary Health Care Research...
Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. He is currently attending the 2016 Primary Health Care Research Conference in Canberra, Australia...
View ArticleHighlights from Day 2 of PHCRIS Canberra
Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. He recently attended the 2016 Primary Health Care Research Conference (PHCRIS) in Canberra,...
View ArticleReflections of an early career researcher on PHCRIS 2016
Liz Sturgiss is a lecturer at the Academic Unit of General Practice of the Australian National University I faced attending PHCRIS this year with some trepidation. I'll admit that, as a (very) early...
View ArticleClinical academic careers in Family Medicine: sharing international experience
Tom Fahey is Professor of General Practice in The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and a general practitioner in Dublin, Ireland In late 2015 I was fortunate to be awarded a James M. Flaherty...
View ArticleA Canadian perspective on training and career support in Family Medicine
Wendy Norman is the CIHR and PHAC Chair in Family Planning Public Health Research, and Associate Professor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia As a career...
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