Future physicians urge candidates to act in response to increase ...
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The American Medical Student Association, the nation&#39;s largest, independent medical student organization, urges the presidential candidates to address universal health care, in response to the US Census Bureau&#39;s report that the number of Americans lacking
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The NHS must do more to put patients at the heart of the health service and give them a say, experts say.
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A provocative study from Harvard Medical School suggests that, as a group, older doctors know less, provide lower-quality care, and may expose patients to greater risks than physicians recently out of medical school, a conclusion that an accompanying editorial declares should be "a wake-up call to the medical profession."
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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston, run by Harvard physician Dr. Donald Berwick, will try to save 100,000 patients from fatal medical errors and poor care in the next 18 months by persuading hospitals to improve in six areas.
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CHANGES IN the training of junior doctors and the introduction of the European Working Time Directive has led to a chronic shortage of qualified staff and warnings that patient care could be compromised, ...
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A raft of proposals is being put forward in a bid to increase the number of people in Scotland who donate organs.
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Consumers may soon have more information to help them select a doctor when they need an operation or other serious medical procedure.
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Alaska could use 375 more doctors and a group studying the shortage recommends subsidizing students to close the physician gap.
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TORONTO (CP) - A shortage of homegrown physicians, combined with the aggressive recruitment of Canadian doctors by other countries, is a &quot;perfect storm&quot; that threatens Canada&#39;s health-care reforms, the president of the Canadian Medical Association said
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Students from research-led universities want the government to consider establishing a national bursary scheme to boost widening participation to higher education.
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A crisis is looming in upstate New York unless cities like Binghamton can do a better job of recruiting doctors, according to a recent report.
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Retail clinics grow, and some physicians aren't happy.
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Health care specialists are calling on political parties to listen to the demands from medical professionals for higher wages.
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A group of doctors urges the government to proceed with the folic-acid fortification of flour.
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Canada needs to invest $1 billion over the next five years to reverse its serious shortage of doctors and ensure there will be enough health-care providers in future to reduce long waiting lists plaguing hospitals, the Canadian Medical Association says.
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A campaign to attract more graduates to teaching promotes the attraction of working with children.
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