ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 7/11/2021
To boost or not to boost? Pfizer to discuss COVID 19 vaccine booster with U.S. officials
The company says booster shots will be needed within 12 months, but what will the U.S. FDA have to say about it? - 7/11/2021
Ontario hospital launching long-haul COVID treatment clinic based on AHS program
Using exercise training and behaviour modification, the program takes a personalized approach. - 7/11/2021
Canada to donate 17.7M doses of AstraZeneca and raise money for global vaccination
The federal government is donating 17.7 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and is asking Canadians to give their own money to help other countries get needles into arms. - 7/11/2021
Decriminalizing drug use is a necessary step, but it won’t end the opioid overdose crisis
Media, policy-makers, advocates and the public claim that decriminalization will make drug use safer and save lives. But can it? - 7/9/2021
Do pharmacists have a problem talking about the opioid crisis?
Patients want to have these conversations with us, maybe it’s time that we overcome our own barriers to talking about difficult topics and treat them like the matter-of-fact issues that they are. - 7/8/2021
Should we fire anti-vaxxer patients?
Dr. Jabir Jassam thinks about how much we have all done to get here in the pandemic and he laments the risk that those who refuse to be vaccinated pose. - 7/8/2021
France preparing law to make vaccines mandatory for healthcare professionals
France’s health minister Olivier Véran is among the government officials expressing support for the law. - 7/8/2021
Case report: A painful knee
A nine-year-old boy had not reported knee pain until his parents were critical of the fact that he was lagging behind during walks—and noticed that perhaps he was turning his left foot outwards at times. Another case Dr. Robert Dickson has just seen in his clinic. - 7/8/2021
Who gets to define professionalism?
What happens when our imperative to speak out runs up against barriers? When we encounter hostile interlocutors, when we are responded to disrespectfully by anonymous citizens or by colleagues?