CMAJ • February 23, 2010; 182 (3). First published January 4, 2010; doi:10.1503/cmaj.109-3147
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Family physicians will no longer be allowed to determine if a patient needs bariatric surgery. Rather, patients must be referred to regional assessment centres to make that determination. Image courtesy of © 2010 Jupiterimages Corp.