Discussions

Dr. Alykhan Abdulla offers up a form letter for patients in a time when ERs are closed due to staffing shortages and the healthcare system is struggling to meet patient expectations.

Take our weekly doctor poll and see what your colleagues say.

As Dr. Gary Kinney proves, even a chance encounter on public transit can have a meaningful impact.

Dr. Steve Shore, a British Columbian family doctor, wrote about being fed up and not wanting to take it anymore. I think I know why docs in Ontario are so much happier.

On a much-anticipated overseas vacation, Dr. Mike Simon discovers why he won't be flying again anytime soon.

Monkeypox is not as easy to transmit as COVID-19, but the fact is that all of us are equally susceptible, and all of us need to be aware and to prioritize measures that will extinguish this threat before it grows.

I begin the clinical encounter with an open-ended question to initiate the discussion, like, “What brings you in today?” Then give the patient a full 90 seconds to respond.