TY - JOUR T1 - Audience sceptical as critic challenges current system for paying Canada's MDs JF - Canadian Medical Association Journal JO - CMAJ SP - 93 LP - 94 VL - 152 IS - 1 AU - P. Sullivan Y1 - 1995/01/01 UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/152/1/93.abstract N2 - A recent CMA-sponsored conference on negotiations brought medical leaders from across Canada to Ottawa in September to hear experts discuss the current health care environment. Among the speakers was Dr. Michael Rachlis, a widely quoted critic of physicians' current role in the health care system. He said physicians and patients currently face major "equity issues," as some patients have a difficult time finding medical help because their serious illnesses are "worth" less to doctors, many of whom prefer to see patients with simple problems that can be dealt with in a few minutes. Several physicians reacted strongly to the criticism. ER -