The federal government ran 33 such hospitals between 1936 and 1981. Former patients, some of whom spent years in the segregated facilities, filed a lawsuit against the government in 2018 alleging the hospitals were rife with abuse and unfair treatment.
‘I looked at my patient. The narcotic was working. Thankful for my small hand, I reached into the uterus and felt along the half-contracted wall. I found what I was looking for.’
As part of a series of first-person true stories written by physicians, Dr. Anne Monahan reflects on the healing effects of music and seeing the whole person.
Patient advocacy is often framed as patient vs. practitioner. But when the physician or pharmacist steps into the advocacy role, it can often be as simple as making sure your patient is fully equipped with the knowledge they need to manage their condition.
As part of a series of first-person true stories written by physicians, Dr. J. David Spence shares experiences from his early days making rounds in neurology.
Ending up in a very different career than she expected when she first started university, Dr. Amy Gajaria, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Toronto's CAMH, is still putting her narrative skills to use.
