Discussions

Medical conferences require a fundamental rethink shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient attendance likely the norm going forward.

On the surface, there are many compelling reasons for mandating pediatric vaccinations for in-school attendance. While children are far less likely to develop serious illness from COVID-19 than adults, the risk is nonetheless greater than for other vaccine preventable diseases for which there are school mandates in some provinces. 

How life lessons as an Olympic athlete inform Dr. Wickenheiser’s approach to self-care.

Anger keeps me sharp, reading up and asking questions, so I don’t make the same mistakes. But I worry about the personal cost.

It seems difficult to have a conversation with someone who can’t stop honking their horn or screaming with a placard. And here we remain as medical professionals doing the best we possibly can to hold it all together day to day to day.

Family medicine is heading to a crisis, says Dr. Jabir Jassam. What are the reasons behind family medicine’s deterioration?

‘We’re still in a pandemic, you know….’ The check-out clerk said to me in a sarcastic and contemptuous tone. I wanted to scream.

These forms may be boring, for patients and for physicians. But as lawyers Claire Immega and Harpreet Dosanjh explain, skipping them is not an option.