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Perle Feldman

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Dr. Perle Feldman is a family doctor practising in Montreal.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

  • 5/25/2026

    A preferred death

    The Jacksons lived in a veteran's apartment building not far from my office. Mr. Jackson sat in his big armchair where he was tied by his oxygen tank and nasal prongs. His skin was abnormally smooth because of his disease.
    Perle Feldman
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  • 5/25/2026

    A question of pressure

    Sometimes knowing a patient for years and years can gum up the works when figuring out a puzzling diagnosis.
    Perle Feldman
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  • 5/14/2026

    Going through withdrawal

    I honestly never want to do clinical medicine again. If I never have to read a new guideline it will be too soon, but I do miss the rush medicine used to give me.
    Perle Feldman
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  • 4/13/2026

    People knew I was going to medical school before I did

    This, my long and fulfilling career, was not an inevitability—but really the result of a chance meeting, a mentoring relationship and luck.
    Perle Feldman
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  • 3/15/2026

    Cultural differences in the ER

    Working in the small-town atmosphere of the Jewish community in Montreal.
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  • 2/25/2026

    Why are we so hooked on storytelling now?

    Many organizations and governments are invested in the idea of physicians as commodi-ties, as interchangeable parts of a plug-and-play medical machine.
    Perle Feldman
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  • 1/22/2026

    A real head case

    ‘I’m worried Dr. Perle,’ my patient said gravely. This was unlike her; she was usually a very tough and stoic customer. ‘What’s wrong?’ I asked.
    Perle Feldman
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  • 1/8/2026

    Locker-room talk

    After 40 years of giving advice professionally it has become something that I cannot turn off.
    Perle Feldman
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  • 12/8/2025

    A Christmas story in L&D

    Being Jewish I have always worked on Christmas. Having no family obligations, I always have fun at the parties people put on in the hospital. When I worked emergency, I always preferred the people suffering from indigestion and loneliness who showed up at Christmastime to the obnoxious drunks and driving disasters of New Years Eve.
    Perle Feldman
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  • 11/18/2025

    Being seen in the worst of times

    Sometimes toughing it out is a terrible idea—and it takes things truly falling apart before we admit we need help.
    Perle Feldman
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