Many families find themselves lurching from crisis to crisis, often including short-term hospitalizations that end without adequate followup care in place. Experts say this leads to patients deteriorating as a result, landing back in hospital repeatedly, with nothing to stop the vicious cycle.
Literacy screenings are not typically conducted in medical settings, but several prominent pediatric care centers, including Boston Children’s Hospital, promote early literacy resources to families in recognition of reading’s importance for a child’s development.
While walking up the front steps, I couldn’t help but notice my legs ached and my head hurt—more pressure than pain. I knew this pressure because I’d felt it many times on this job. It’s exhaustion due to lack of sleep—inevitable with this type of work, just part of the job
As we start the new year, Canada’s pharmacare plan stands at a crossroads. Will we deliver universal access to prescription drugs or keep a patchwork system that leaves millions at risk?
‘There are many different truths operating at the same time,’ says this early-career psychiatrist of the messiness of moving from textbook theory to practice.
In oncology, we routinely assess whether patients are receiving adequate support for nausea, pain and sleep. We might also ask: How are they breathing?
