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- Title
Offshore energy boom providing opportunities outside medicare's umbrella.
- Authors
Robb, Nancy
- Abstract
Discusses business opportunities for physicians on the East Coast of Canada. Benefits of offshore exploration, including Newfoundland's Hibernia project; Work of the Atlantic Offshore Medical Associates (AOMA), Halifax, Nova Scotia; Views of the AOMA's Michael Banks; AOMA's work for Sable Offshore Energy Inc.; A way around fee restrictions; Duties of AOMA's physicians; Telemedicine; Rare medical emergencies; Liability insurance concerns. INSETS: Gas project fuels ER entrepreneurs;Practising medicine outside medicare isn't for everyone.
- Subjects
CANADA; GENERAL practitioners; ATLANTIC Offshore Medical Associates (Company); OCCUPATIONAL medicine; SABLE Offshore Energy Inc.
- Publication
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 1998, Vol 159, Issue 5, p543
- Publication type
Article