Background: The outbreak of SARS in 2003 had a dramatic effect on the health care system
in Toronto. The main objective of this study was to investigate the psychosocial effects …

The authors argue that there have been few systematic attempts to determine the
effectiveness of community engagement in research.

Background As a number of commentators have noted, SARS exposed the vulnerabilities of
our health care systems and governance structures. Health care professionals (HCPs) and …

Background Population aging poses significant challenges to primary care providers and
healthcare policy makers. Primary care reform can alleviate the pressures, but these initiatives …

Rationale and objectives Age‐related effects on health service utilization are not well
understood. Most previous studies have examined only a single specific health care service or …

Background The objectives of this study were: a) to examine physician attitudes to and
experience of the practice of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in primary care; b) to investigate …

Problem addressed The growing number of elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions
presents an urgent challenge in primary care. Current practice models are not well suited to …

Background Despite the well-documented benefits of using warfarin to prevent stroke,
physicians remain reluctant to initiate therapy, and especially so with the elderly owing to the …

Background The use of restrictive measures such as quarantine draws into sharp relief the
dynamic interplay between the individual rights of the citizen on the one hand and the …

Objective The objectives of this paper are: (a) to determine Canadian family physicians'
attitudes towards cognitive screening, (b) to identify what cognitive screening tools are being …