They entered her small office, argued for a moment whether it was OK to leave a child’s drawing captioned with ‘I love you Dr. M.’ on the wall. My doctor asked them if they thought that this activity was a productive way to use taxpayer dollars.
In Ontario, the latest available data shows cervical cancer screening rates steadily declined over the course of a decade, dropping from about 67% in 2007 to 2009, to 54.5 in 2019 to 2021.
The newest CPS chapter outlines important details to consider when caring for transgender and gender-diverse patients—including an in-depth review of hormonal therapy options that are available in Canada.
The medical community has made great strides in women’s health in recent years. But even today, gaps persist, and certain conditions are still commonly overlooked in women patients.
The federal government ran 33 such hospitals between 1936 and 1981. Former patients, some of whom spent years in the segregated facilities, filed a lawsuit against the government in 2018 alleging the hospitals were rife with abuse and unfair treatment.
‘I looked at my patient. The narcotic was working. Thankful for my small hand, I reached into the uterus and felt along the half-contracted wall. I found what I was looking for.’
