Discussions

Some weekends I covered the IM needs of two communities. I had a bright red sports car, which made it a bit more fun. But that morning wasn’t fun. It was tragic.

Some patients decide to ignore—or cover up—lesions in the hope they will go away, despite the fact that they are obviously worsening

A pharmacist avoids a potentially harmful dosing error after recognizing that different strengths of a combination drug were not directly interchangeable.

Dr. Robert Dickson recounts the case of a young patient who seemed more concerned with the dark coloured spots on her arm rather than her burn wounds.

While change in no longer optional in the pharmacy profession, how we approach it makes all the difference.

Early in her medical career, Dr. Bridgette Chan wound up being the one comforted by a patient in the face of terrible news.

Medicine is often described as a science, but most days it feels like translation.

Dr. Jones knows Kevin cannot make eye contact with him, but he still looks him in the eye. He knows Kevin cannot move, but he still shakes his hand. He knows Kevin cannot speak, but he still asks him how he is.