Patient-First Language

Dr. Sohail Gandhi argues that the recent Canadian Family Physician editorial titled “Family medicine is not a business” is insulting to the work family doctors are doing every day during the pandemic and that the assertions in it by the author Dr. Roger Ladouceur are baseless in their attacks on family doctors.

Former AHS North Zone medical officer Albert de Villiers, 52, was charged with one count of sexual assault and sexual interference.

I grew up in Iraq where it is common for doctors to have friends and relatives as patients. I like and embraced the Canadian rules about not doing that but, despite my hyper vigilance, a few things slipped away from my hands early in my practice. . . .

This past spring, at the height of the pandemic, pharmacist Aska Patel volunteered to be redeployed as a nurse’s aide at a Barrie, ON. hospital. The experience changed her perspectives on many things.

"Parenting as an MD." That's the subject of the newest M-Talks show hosted by Dr. Frank Warsh livestreaming on Thursday, June 17 at 4 pm ET. Guests include Medical Post bloggers Drs. Melissa Yuan-Innes, Ginevra Mills and Michelle Cohen.

John started his first appointment in the Neuropalliative Care Clinic with, “I want to talk about MAiD.” I had one request: that he wait to make his MAiD decision until after seeing a community palliative care physician. At his next appointment, John informed us he had withdrawn his MAiD request because his primary symptom—pain—was now well-controlled.

“Each role has given me the knowledge and skills to advocate for physicians and for patients as we continue to move through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond."

“Keeping quiet keeps the problem going," said Dr. Alex Nguyen. He says he will respond by asking patients if they would ask that question of a white doctor.