There is no collective disengagement among family physicians, concludes a new study from the Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke. Their workload has been transformed by an increase in case complexity.

Presented by the Claude Brunet Foundation, the data suggests that physicians work enough. They devote an average of 46 to 47 weeks to their practice per year, and breaks in practice of more than 90 days are rare and decreasing.

The Legault government’s rhetoric implies that doctors are not treating enough patients, particularly since 1.5 million Quebecers still do not have a family doctor.

Health Minister Christian Dubé’s Bill 2 seeks to link physician compensation to performance indicators. This has sparked widespread discontent among the medical professi

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