The growing shortage of physicians in Canada is a matter of public record. Over the past
several years, physician groups have been lamenting the decline in the numbers of medical …

I would presume that everyone who provides surgical care in Canada is aware of the
problems posed by restricted resources for surgical services. I have written previous …

Two recent articles in CMAJ have provided an interesting and positive contribution to the
discussion of surgical waiting lists in Canada. 1, 2 Unfortunately, these papers are flawed …

This is an unusual topic for a surgical journal, because it concerns working less rather than
working more! It's no secret that a significant mismatch now exists between physician …

CMAJ• February 12, 2008• 178 (4) 382 use of private clinics to claw back wait lists (CMAJ
2007; 177 [7]: 708–9).“It's complex to gauge people who are maybe working half time or two …

IN THIS INFORMATIVE AND WELL-WRITTEN TEXT, THE AU-thors, all surgeons, provide a
detailed analysis of the future calculated shortage of physicians in many areas of surgery …

The demand for medical services will grow by at least 20% in the current decade, owing
both to increases in size of the US population and to changes in its characteristics. This …

Wee Willie, as a Dr. William Mac-Anny was known, had the longest National Health Service
list in Britain-at least according to a report by Michael O'Donnell in a recent issue of World …

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For decades, medical groups and healthcare experts have warned about an impending
overabundance of doctors. Yet, after the number of physicians skyrocketed with the rapid …