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Title

Choosing Wisely Canada: Rural medicine list of recommendations.

Authors

Tromp, Margaret; Dozzi, Alexandra; Walsh, Kathleen

Abstract

The article presents the Choosing Wisely Canada rural medicine list of recommendations that was help prepared by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) as of January 2021. Among the recommendations are refraining from sending patients for special visit or screening test if it can be done virtually or by a local physician, and avoiding the transfer of palliative patient to a distant facility if care can be given locally.

Subjects

CANADA; INJURY risk factors; AMBULANCES; FAMILIES; FRIENDSHIP; GOAL (Psychology); HOSPITAL admission & discharge; MEDICAL appointments; MEDICAL care use; MEDICAL consultation; MEDICAL personnel; MEDICAL screening; PALLIATIVE treatment; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL associations; RISK assessment; RURAL health; RURAL health services; RURAL hospitals; UNNECESSARY surgery; TELEMEDICINE; TERMINALLY ill; DECISION making in clinical medicine; CHANGE management; TRANSPORTATION of patients

Publication

Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (Wolters Kluwer India Pvt Ltd), 2021, Vol 26, Issue 1, p28

ISSN

1203-7796

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.4103/CJRM.CJRM_83_20

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