Discussions

Canadian estimates show that 10%–30% of physician visits are for minor ailments.

Racism in healthcare has been shown to have a detrimental impact on the health outcomes of marginalized communities, and it is our responsibility as providers to work towards dismantling these systems of oppression. 

I’ve been studying fungi since my PhD work in the 1980s, and I grow more fascinated by these amazing organisms with every passing year.

Shoreline Medical has a unique funding model having begun as a non-profit society and achieved charitable status.

A good ice year promised skating parties and hockey games, with bonfires right out on the ice to warm frozen fingers and toes, and hot chocolate and hot dogs to burn our tongues.

The Canadian Medical Association has been leading a national conversation about healthcare transformation. Now, new funding is on the table. How confident are you that change is possible?

A 41-year-old woman just switched to me after her obstetrician retired. She has had all her previous eleven babies at another hospital and I want to make her feel safe. My vacation starts tomorrow and not a moment too soon. I have compassion fatigue. 

Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Alberta use funding to hire nurses, counsellors, physiotherapists and other staff depending on their patients' needs.

The pandemic may have exacerbated social isolation but it did not invent it. In 2018, the United Kingdom created a ministerial portfolio for loneliness. Japan, where nearly 40% of the population report experiencing loneliness, began a similar position in 2021.

When barriers come down, pharmacy services can take flight.