Discussions

Let's take a stroll through speciality stereotypes through history, landing squarely at the here and now.

The guidelines recommend beginning discussions about deprescribing after a patient has been on medication for 12 months.

In medicine, there’s a concept we often use with our patients called bearing witness. It exists beyond just listening or holding space for suffering. But sometimes, amidst caring for others, we forget who bears witness to our own lives.

I remember a few ‘firsts’ in my day. It can be a bit intimidating to be the first to do something in the ER. What if it goes wrong? But if it has to happen, if someone has to try a new method, it might as well be me.

A review of new launches, new indications, new dosage forms and Health Canada advisories.

I’ll tell you what I tell my six-year-old niece and four-year-old nephew. This is a good teachable moment. Power does not mean credibility. Status does not mean credibility.

By limiting support to select practice models, the province risks sidelining 82% of physicians who already attach the vast majority of patients.

When Tylenol, pregnancy and autism became political talking points, I turned inward—into memory, imagination and even dreams.