Compassion Fatigue

Dr. Mamta Gautam, a psychiatrist in Ottawa, offers up answers to 10 questions we asked her about her life.

The Ontario government is looking to family doctors to close the unvaccinated gaps in their patient populations. But how exactly are they going to make the time?

The salary rollback proposed by Health Minister Travis Toews and Alberta Health Services is part of ongoing contract negotiations with the union that represents about 30,000 public-sector nurses.

In light of the many horrific things we have discovered about ourselves and Canada these last few months, many wanted to cancel Canada Day. But Dr. Sohail Gandhi, an immigrant from Pakistan who worked hard to become a small town family doctor, argues we must think about all that Canada has done well—and its promise.

The Sinclair Compassion Questionnaire provides insights on how patients experience and value the different aspects of compassion, to help healthcare providers improve their services.

Dr. Jabir Jassam says he supports the old saying “what happens inside the family should stay inside the family.” He's certainly seen examples of families who don't follow that guidance in his practice. And maybe the Canadian Family Physician journal should have thought about that.

In the earlier days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pharmacy Practice + Business reached out to a panel of pharmacists to see how they were coping, both professionally and personally. Here’s what they had to say about their lives now.

I was parked in the hospital parking lot, waiting for an MRI of my brain, I do my last minute check for metal objects. No shrapnel, prosthetic valves, pacemakers, just my watch and wedding band. The latter slipped off reluctantly.