Patient-First Language

TORONTO | The Patients Association of Canada is now called Patients Canada. President Sholom Glouberman says the association remains “deeply committed to giving patients a voice,” and to making their experiences with the healthcare system count.

Some of Canada's best family physicians have been announced as winners of the Reg L. Perkin Award.

The Alberta Court of Appeal has reaffirmed the authority of the provincial college to publicly release information about physician discipline.

Lawsuits are down, but college complaints are up. Canadian doctors overestimate their chances of being sued, an expert says

Accolades to the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) for its continued efforts to support and promote patient and family firstcentred care (PFCC) at the annual Innovators Conference.

A few weeks ago we talked about surgical wait times. Here's the sequel I promised on Emergency Room (ER) wait times. Waiting in the ER is a topic we can all relate to.

Jennifer Tano slips her hands through the openings in the isolette, gently snugging into place what seems like an impossibly tiny diaper on her infant son Thomas. Her eyes scan an overhead monitor that tracks his vital signs, taking in his pulse and respiration rate with what has become practised ease.

In an interview on the CBC radio program White Coat, Black Art, Dr. Sanjeet Saluja, a Sikh ER physician at McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, spoke about the challenges of dealing with racist patients.