Patient-First Language

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.'

Ontario Premier Doug Ford made reckless statements on Oct. 25 that we as emergency physicians must correct. It is patients who decide what is a medical emergency. This ensures those with time-sensitive and unforeseen emergencies get the care that they need.

Earlier this year, Premier Danielle Smith said her government would start working to attract specialists for genital reconstruction surgeries so Albertans wouldn’t have to travel to Quebec for care.

Are you and/or your pharmacy team involved in a program, practice or initiative with an inter-professional team? If so, why not enter the Interprofesional Initiative category in our Pharmacy Practice + Business Awards.

Given the controversial evidence that not only gluten, but other wheat components like fermentable carbohydrates or immune-stimulating proteins, may exacerbate IBS symptoms, it’s possible for this hot topic to get blown out of proportion.

Around the world, healthcare workers are trained to be observers and meticulously examine those before us, monitoring life and death with intense attention. We witness with a required objectivity, documenting and responding with specificity

No, not the TV show. In medicine, we have an ‘L’ word we all dread.

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