Scottish doctors call for a moratorium on PFI

Doctors call for divestment from fossil fuels.

©2015 8872147 Canada Inc. or its licensors CMAJ, September 22, 2015, 187(13) E403 For a third year in a row, a group of eco-conscious physicians will campaign at the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) General Council Aug. 23–26 for physician associations to divest from fossil fuels and reinvest in renewable energy. The international divest–invest movement, which has been gaining momentum since ...

Sierra Leone doctors call for better Ebola care for colleagues.

As Ebola rages through Sierra Leone, local health workers are among the hardest hit. Data from the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention show that nearly 200 health staff (different cadres) were infected between May 23 and Oct 31 this year. According to media reports, 12 doctors are among the country’s health worker cases, ten of whom have died. In early December, the Junior Doctors Asso...

Doctors' perceptions of drinking alcohol while on call: questionnaire survey.

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Harmful moratorium on stem cell research.

Observations on Pfi Evaluation Criteria

In light of the NSF’s commitment to measuring performance and results, there was strong support for undertaking a proper evaluation of the PFI program. The preceding chapters reported on a number of specific outcome measures and process measures (signposts) that were suggested to assess program performance; we now turn to some of the broader principles that were articulated (or could be inferre...