12/8/2021 Dr. John Crosby talks to physician colleagues about the mishaps and successes of retiring.
11/20/2021 Workload comparisons with Ontario family physicians are ill-conceived and inappropriate.
11/12/2021 I have seen thousands of patients with dementia over my career. It is difficult to treat patients and handle caregivers. This is how I do it.
10/29/2021 Dr. Smith has a story similar to many of you: For 15 years she brought her medical charts and paperwork home to work on them after the kids went to bed. From 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. each evening was typical for weeknights.
10/19/2021 Why do psychiatrists have one of the highest suicide rates among physicians? I spoke to an expert and the answer is complex but points to ways of prevention.
10/6/2021 Chronic pain has no cure. The patients are often angry with us for failing them.
We struggle to keep them working. My heart used to sink when I saw a chronic pain patient on my list.
9/9/2021 What drives you crazy about depictions of doctors on-screen? I'll start.
8/22/2021 One way to improve patient care, cure Canada's family doctor shortage and keep family physicians and taxpayers very happy, is with capitation.
8/9/2021 In 1973, the interns and residents of Ontario went on strike and won a huge increase in wages and cut their on-call duties from the bone-crushing one-in-two nights to a maximum of one in three.
7/20/2021 Knowing that many doctors can use help getting organized, I recently interviewed the co-owner of In Order Co., a professional organizing company. One of their services is to help people get rid of the clutter, which can be stressful, and get organized once and for all.
