Cultural Competence

Doctors and other healthcare professionals occasionally joke about their patients’ problems. Some of these jokes are clearly inappropriate, but some joking between medical professionals is not only ethical, it can actually be beneficial, concludes an article in the Hastings Center Report.

Shriners Hospitals for Children – Canada and The Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre have established a joint national clinic to evaluate and treat children with congenital chest wall deformities.