A questionnaire study of psychiatrists’ private practices in Quebec and Ontario demonstrated differences between the two provinces and between opted-in and opted-out psychiatrists in Ontario. The results suggest that there continues to be two kinds of psychiatry practiced: analytically oriented psychiatry and general psychiatry. The private practice sector seems to be more accessible to the educated.
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