Guidelines for medical practice can contribute to improved care only if they succeed in moving
actual practice closer to the behaviors the guidelines recommend. To assess the effect of …

Increasing numbers of women are entering medicine in Canada. In 1959 women accounted
for 6% of the medical school graduates, but by 1989 they accounted for 44%. Although there …

Different modes of practice organization may result in advantages for physicians and their
patients. Compared with solo practice, group practice may produce economies of scale, …

This paper describes one aspect of a research program aimed at reducing the incidence of
cesarean section in Ontario for women with a previous cesarean section or a breech …

A 40% random sample of Ontario's obstetricians were asked to respond to hypothetical
scenarios for previous cesarean section, breech presentation and dystocia, and to describe their …

Established group practices in Ontario were surveyed to determine their structure, characteristics
and attitudes toward government assistance in the development of group practice. The …

… Karin Domnick Pierre holds an MSc in Health Administration and is the Public Education
Co-ordinator of the Mental Health and the Workplace Project. Requests for reprints should be …

Recognizing that changes in demography, the social environment, economics, technology
and political trends are under-lying factors affecting health, Paradigm Health in Toronto …

… Paul Williams, Karen Domnick Pierre, and Eugene Vayda,'Women in Medicine: Towards
a Conceptual Understanding', pp. 115–21, 1993, with permission of the publisher. …

Findings of the Canadian Mental Health and the Workplace Project are that (1) the quality of
interpersonal relations in the workplace is a major factor in emotional well-being and (2) …