Diffusing Difficult Patients

POLL: How do you handle anti-vaxxers?

See what your colleagues say. Take our weekly doctor poll.
Expecting again? Tips for helping your first-born child thrive with a new sibling

Helping your older child or children navigate having a new sibling will help set the stage for positive sibling relationships across childhood and beyond.
Time management for Canadian long-term care physicians

I decided to round three times a week at each home. It cured my burnout and I loved my job again. I retired after 50 years of loving medicine.
How much of perceived discrimination is actually real?

Perceived discrimination can stem from a readiness to interpret uncomfortable experiences as biased, even if no actual prejudice exists, argues Dr. Jabir Jassam.
The key to growth isn’t hiring, it’s retention

Keeping good staff happy and engaged is the best thing you can do to ensure a successful pharmacy operation. Here are some ways to achieve that.
Evolving from the ‘feedback sandwich’ to the ‘ask-tell-ask’ method of giving your input to learners

Feedback between learners and preceptors is not easy for either side.
What are you? The art of asking patients about identity

It's best to avoid putting patients on the back foot. And what might seem like an innocent question can be an act of 'othering.'
Man injured after early morning stabbing by fellow patient at Montreal hospital

The victim suffered serious injuries but is expected to survive following the incident.

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