Ted Jablonski
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 3/9/2022
Banning Russian artists? Who is the real target?
I have medical colleagues with Russian passports. They are living and working in Canada for a reason. They are not happy with what is going on in Russia. As a medical director, should I demand that they publicly denounce Putin or they shouldn’t work at our clinic? - 3/1/2022
Prohibitively unenforceable: Were Canada's COVID restrictions a repeat of its history with alcohol prohibition?
The more I read about the past, the more I’m starting to see a pattern. And as we, yet again, exit some of these restrictions in much of the country, I’m reminded of prohibition’s clamorous rise and fall. - 2/16/2022
Medical extortion? Breaking down the barriers
A large part of my medical practice involves men’s sexual health. There is a small grouping of men who come in with an agenda and are rigid in their expectations of what I should do for them. They are generally obsessive and their concerns are unusually intense and urgent (to them). They can be demanding and threatening. - 2/14/2022
Really tough patients: Drowning in the 4-Cs of hell
“Difficult patients,” present with a wide variety of traits that test us to the core of our professional and personal limits. We know who these patients are. They invariably bring out a sudden sympathetic response when we see them on our day sheet. We know these patients far too well. - 2/6/2022
A gold medal for controversy?
The Olympics are meant to be a time for setting aside our differences, but there's rarely a year where controversy doesn't muddle the waters, no matter where or when they take place. - 1/30/2022
My personal 'freedom convoy'
It seems difficult to have a conversation with someone who can’t stop honking their horn or screaming with a placard. And here we remain as medical professionals doing the best we possibly can to hold it all together day to day to day. - 1/23/2022
My top 10 medical truths
The list was harder to come up with than expected. Many “truths” I thought about were relative and easily challenged. Half-truths at best. So here’s my list of the closest thing to medical truth that I could come up with. - 1/12/2022
Patients say the funniest things and this pandemic has brought out the best!
COVID is nothing to joke about, but these are dark times, so here's some of the best dark humour my patients (and a few colleagues) have come up with lately. - 12/21/2021
Tips on accepting (and refusing) gifts from patients
Not to be too much of a Scrooge about it, but accepting gifts from patients can be a tricky business. - 12/9/2021
Are we finally going to abolish the dangerous practice of 'conversion therapy?'
So-called conversion therapy has a nasty history and it looks like Canada might finally be about to ban it on the federal level.
