Dr. Basran: “We can’t fix chronic disease. But we can provide better care.”
Saskatchewan’s only Royal College-certified geriatrician shares her efforts to support older patients and insights on how to provide better care.
Geriatrician reflects on his specialty’s “big picture” approach
“We ask, ‘How do I help the whole person and how do I help the family?’ If you like that level of complexity, not dealing with just one system or one organ, then this is a field for you.”
Seniors receive about one third of all medical services, new study shows
The report analyzed data on all fee-for-service care provided to patients aged 65 and older from the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s National Physician Database.
