. 2020 Nov;66(11):811-816.

Preventive health care and the media

Affiliations

¹ Academic Lead for the Physicianship Component and the Director of Pedagogy at the Outaouais Medical Campus of McGill University's Faculty of Medicine in Gatineau, Que. guylene.theriault@mcgill.ca.
² Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine at Laval University in Quebec city, Que.
³ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
⁴ Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University.
⁵ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
⁶ Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and in the Department of Hematology and Oncology of CancerCare Manitoba.
⁷ Associate Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta.

Guylène Thériault et al. Can Fam Physician. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;66(11):811-816.

¹ Academic Lead for the Physicianship Component and the Director of Pedagogy at the Outaouais Medical Campus of McGill University's Faculty of Medicine in Gatineau, Que. guylene.theriault@mcgill.ca.
² Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine at Laval University in Quebec city, Que.
³ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
⁴ Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University.
⁵ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
⁶ Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and in the Department of Hematology and Oncology of CancerCare Manitoba.
⁷ Associate Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta.

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More tools against misinformation.
White GL. White GL. Can Fam Physician. 2021 Feb;67(2):81. doi: 10.46747/cfp.670281. Can Fam Physician. 2021. PMID: 33608350 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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