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When a surgeon decided to delay a patient’s scheduled (non-urgent) operation recently because she had a cough and no one could get a straight answer about her vaccinations status, she became belligerent, threatening to complain to the government that she was being refused healthcare.

What was I, a nice Jewish girl and new mother, doing out on a cold Christmas night riding around in an overheated car doing home visits? Well, someone has to work Christmas and it may as well be me.

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The truth is, we’re not after the money. Dig a little deeper and we don’t really want the “stuff.” We’re wanting a feeling, says Dr. Matt Poyner.

It’s time to get to the root causes of healthcare worker burnout.

Dr. Jabir Jassam writes about the trials of having a colleague who seems to always give patients everything they ask for.

A virtual ER visit over the weekend was one of the best healthcare experiences my family's ever had.

Inspired by some ideas from Denmark, I wonder if we can create little corners of happiness at our hospitals and clinics.

While there's no doubt some doctors have a natural talent for communication, these skills can be learned just like any other.

So-called conversion therapy has a nasty history and it looks like Canada might finally be about to ban it on the federal level.