Patient-First Language

Having lived the experience of waiting for results, undergoing biopsies and sitting with an uncertain prognosis helps me bring something different to clinical practice. When patients describe certain kinds of pain or the anxiety of not knowing what a scan will show, I understand.

‘When you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism’

The info age has transformed appointments into a two-way conversation. Here are three communication strategies to ensure both patients and physicians get the most out of every visit.

A round-up of what’s new and exciting in medical education for the 2026-27 school year.

As physicians, we are trained to detect physical harm. But our hardest cases are the invisible ones—where the damage is purely psychological.

Making accurate assumptions is one of a physician’s superpowers. But recent events brought back memories of a patient who didn’t fit the (unflattering) labels I gave her.

Tears streamed down my face. There was a dim light somewhere in the distance—faint and flickering. I could see it, and I was desperate to reach it. But my body would not move; it lay unresponsive, as if it no longer belonged to me.

A small but significant error fumbles an important patient interaction.

B.C. pharmacist Rami Safi says years of working with marginalized patients pushed him to rethink what it means to care for someone in a pharmacy.

On communicating with patients, effective and less effective medical analogies, and the question of whether e-bikes and using AI are ‘cheating.’