HOWARD GOLDSTEIN

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HOWARD GOLDSTEIN

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Dr. Howard Goldstein is a recently retired Toronto-area GP. His blogs offer personal perspectives and reflections on the many facets of medical practice, informed by his 49 years of experience.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

2/11/2021
Wednesday afternoons with Ollie

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1/25/2021
Stranger in a strange land

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12/25/2020
The house call

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12/12/2020
The devil is in the detail

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12/3/2020
There's a hole in the bucket list

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11/19/2020
A doctor's wardrobe over the decades

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10/4/2020
September of my years

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9/9/2020
The doctors' lounge, the journal club, and the next chapter

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8/16/2020
September song
Retirement is now six weeks and counting. Retirement looms in the time of Covid. What started out as a best-laid plan over a year ago is rapidly becoming a reality. It has not been without a few diversions and unexpected forks in the road, however.

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8/1/2020
The sound of silence
The email arrived in the Monday morning flurry. It was from Dan enquiring whether “Dr. Goldstein’s oﬃce was opening for patients.” I responded and asked him to email my secretary and arrange an appointment. This was his preferred mode of communication. Dan is congenitally deaf.

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