Patient-First Language

The letter to the editor called hijabs "tools of oppression" in certain contexts, which sparked dissent among medical professionals on Twitter, with many decrying the letter as Islamophobic.

The classical debate over whether medicine is a job or a calling got spicy recently after a tweet by a doctor with tens of thousands of followers.

Queensland's only private paediatric rheumatologist has ridden more than 3,000 kilometres to see his young patients.

Toronto family physician Dr. Mory Mayer Gutman, who had faced previous sanctions, also provided inadequate care to other patients, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Federal ministers, including the prime minister, have said they want to speed up an end to the gay blood ban, and Health Canada is expected to respond to the blood-service recommendation by the spring.

Dr. Jabir Jassam writes about the trials of having a colleague who seems to always give patients everything they ask for.

The Victoria, B.C., psychiatrists put their vulnerable patients at risk, ruled the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.