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

6/21/2020
In the aftermath of the pandemic
Solo practitioners have been further isolated during COVID-19

HOWARD GOLDSTEIN
5/27/2020
A river runs through it
Reflections on fly fishing and retirement

HOWARD GOLDSTEIN
5/11/2020
Patient zero
How and why I cautiously reopened my clinic at the beginning of May

HOWARD GOLDSTEIN
4/21/2020
Six (foot) decrees of separation
Reflecting on the new ways we're trying to connect when circumstances force us apart

HOWARD GOLDSTEIN
4/12/2020
Ranting in a time of COVID-19
Even if we manage to correct our mistakes in managing this pandemic, we're in this for the long haul

HOWARD GOLDSTEIN
3/17/2020
COVID-19 chronicles: Evac from the desert
We are unexpectantly travelling today. We have been unceremoniously thrust into an earlier-than-scheduled departure from Palm Springs out of necessity, which some would translate as survival.

HOWARD GOLDSTEIN
3/8/2020
Travelling in the time of COVID-19

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2/9/2020
Where there's a will . . .
Finding my dad's will gave me pause to reflect on his life and mortality, as well as my own

HOWARD GOLDSTEIN
1/23/2020
Tales from the flu zone

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1/1/2020
Finding balance
The only sounds you hear in the backcountry trails is the crunching of frozen snow under foot, the carotid pulsations transmitted to your ears and the occasional squawk of the blue jays, scavenging for naturally strewn seeds.

HOWARD GOLDSTEIN