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R Birenbaum

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PubMed1996

Notion of "virtual library" developing as medical schools cope with rising journal costs.

The skyrocketing cost of medical and scientific journals has caused most Canadian universities to cut their subscription lists by an average of 20% over the last 3 years. Researchers say this causes delays in getting pertinent articles and journals and is an impediment to their work, but on the positive side the continuing decline in library holdings is stimulating libraries and researchers alike to use alternative strategies when seeking information, including computer databases, e-mail and the Internet.

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PubMed1995

Growing number of female physicians changing the face of Canadian medicine.

The growing number of female physicians is changing the way medicine is practised. One recent Canadian study found that "significant differences in practice characteristics and service mix and pattern between men and women." Another change involves differences in the way men and women communicate. One lawyer noted that most medical lawsuits involve a breakdown in communication between doctor and patient, and very few female physicians have been the target of malpractice suits--even in high-risk specialties such as obstetrics and anesthesiology.

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PubMed1995

Psychiatrists campaign to attract colleagues to treat HIV-disease patients.

The shortage of psychiatrists willing to treat patients with HIV infection has become so severe the Canadian Psychiatric Association has launched a campaign to try and encourage more specialists to enter the field. At the heart of the campaign is a booklet, Consultant/Mentor Directory for HIV Disease and Psychiatry, that provides a network of 40 psychiatrists across the country who regularly deal with HIV-infected patients. They want to encourage colleagues to do the same. "There aren't a lot of psychiatrists seeing people with HIV disease," maintains Dr. Allan Peterkin, chair of the CPA Working Group on HIV Disease and Psychiatry. He worries that the shortage has led to some "ghettoization" of treatment.

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