Cultural Competence

How might a substance previously thought worth its weight in gold have transformed into something many medical institutions consider a key predictor of disease?

One of my patients—a trans man—told me he left urgent care because of how embarrassing an interaction with the doctor there became. Luckily, his subsequent trip to the ER and laparoscopic appendectomy went well.

Toronto family physician Dr. Mei Lump-Mee Hwang, who kept the same patient waiting on several occasions—sometimes for as long as six hours—has been suspended for 12 months.

When high-risk drinking is identified, one of the first steps is to provide a brief intervention to support positive behaviour change related to alcohol use.

A competing pharmacy owner told the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec that he sometimes followed Sonnie Albert-Giroux. On some of these occasions, he alleged, she arrived at her pharmacy after it had already opened.

'While Dr. Min got to the root of the diagnosis and Dr. Max didn't ... Both had been there for this family over the long haul. And if that's not good enough, I don't know what is.'

Almost $391 million is through a bilateral agreement to support Saskatchewan’s three-year action plan to improve healthcare by creating better access to services, including acute and urgent care, and to reduce backlogs.

Going unmatched in 2003 gave me some serious doubts about my abilities. My skills. Was it a mistake to go into medicine? Could I be happy in another field? Did I leave the stove on?