HOWARD GOLDSTEIN
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 8/14/2024
The patient doctor: Leaving my MRI distraction playlist behind
Clinical guidelines feel awfully different when you're the patient being subjected to them, rather than the MD using them. - 7/26/2024
A decade of communicating
Dr. Howard Goldstein reflects on the 10 years he's been writing for the Medical Post—and the continued importance of communication skills in the medical profession. - 6/4/2024
The circle
Dr. Howard Goldstein reflects on how certain memories of violence in his formative years in University mirror the events of today. - 4/11/2024
The subtleties of time
Retirement is a stranger, an unknown until reality allows you to define it in your own terms. It is not a continuum of the professional persona. For some it is a paradise found, for others, an identity lost. - 2/12/2024
The not-so-royal we
I commend the King for his transparency about his health—but he could do even more. - 1/15/2024
The meeting
Dr. Howard Goldstein reflects on how strange it is to refer to yourself as a doctor in the past tense upon retirement. - 11/30/2023
Two red lines: A retrospective
After managing to avoid COVID-19 for 1,313 days, I finally saw those two little red lines on a test. Looking back at the journey we’ve been on with the pandemic, I think you might be surprised how much you’ve already forgotten. - 9/28/2023
Finding humanity: The lost heart of medicine
Dr. Howard Goldstein challenged doctors in his Virtual Retirement Lounge group to come up with keynote addresses to the class of 2023. - 8/22/2023
The ‘tipping’ point
What if doctors were allowed tipping terminals in their offices? A chalkboard menu of available goods and services could be wall-mounted in the waiting room, prices listed in bold cursive and brilliant colour, modified with every PSA negotiation. - 7/10/2023
The perils of patient portals: lost in translation
My doctor began by stating the purpose of the call—to review my MRI report. I advised that I'd already read the report in MyChart and had a copy in front of me for our collective review. “That shouldn’t happen,” he said. I couldn’t have agreed more.
