Best of Physicians Blogs

They entered her small office, argued for a moment whether it was OK to leave a child’s drawing captioned with ‘I love you Dr. M.’ on the wall. My doctor asked them if they thought that this activity was a productive way to use taxpayer dollars.

‘I looked at my patient. The narcotic was working. Thankful for my small hand, I reached into the uterus and felt along the half-contracted wall. I found what I was looking for.’

When I look back today at what life was like for physicians beginning in March of 2020, it is likened to an extended night terror. The initial months were frenetic.

Dr. Howard Goldstein remembers a patient—and neighbour—in a story that puts the ‘family’ front and centre in family medicine.

Aside from the evident benefits of avoiding carcinogenic effects of alcohol, non-alcoholic beer has additional benefits for you.

We are living in times when ‘the truth’ is more important than ever. Truth telling is a cornerstone of trust, upon which our profession depends.

What Canadian healthcare needs is feedback from doctors, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, data managers, economists and patients (and their families).

What predicts intellectual humility? Not gender. Not left vs. right political leanings. Not years of education, which, if anything, might decrease it.

There are so many purported health benefits of meditation—but it can be tricky for doctors to slow down and actively do an activity that feels like doing nothing. Here's how I approach meditation.

One Ontario physician, with well above the average patient roster, discusses how he's well underway with leveraging his office's team to provide as much care as they can.

Dr. John Crosby outlines his strategies when it comes to mentoring doctors on time management

The immune system is incredibly complex—as are the reasons why certain cohorts are more likely to develop asthma, allergies and autoimmune disorders.

People in Canada have control over their reproductive lives because of the dedication of healthcare providers who risked their own safety and freedom.

Dr. Angela Mailis compares two patients who demonstrate how subjective the experience of pain can be—and what can be done about such differing cases.

New Canadian guidelines on opioid prescribing are out and Dr. Angela Mailis summarizes (and praises) these updates.

The field of medicine is notorious for encouraging working beyond our means, says Dr. Ginevra Mills.

Lessons and reflections of a physician mother.