The patient doctor: Marcy beaucoupPart 3: Dr. Goldstein shares his transition from doctor to patient in this ongoing series Poll: Do you see high patient interest in the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster?Take our weekly doctor poll. Downsizing my practice wasn’t an easy decision Dr. Jabir Jassam says the last few COVID years aged us all and it drove him to make a tough decision. How improving COPD treatment in primary care could reduce demand on hospitals and emergency departments In Ontario, nearly 900,000 people live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The biggest threat to FPs is FPs Let’s spitball about FPs and fulfillment . . . Social media: A physician but a person too When you’re on social media and people know you’re a doctor, you’re representing the profession. But you also want to be authentic as a person. Will more Canadians resort to medical tourism? As wait-lists grow and patience thins, more people may be seeking treatments elsewhere. Sink or swim A man felt dizzy while swimming and then started to drown. Was it a seizure or was something else happening? Gender pay gap in Canadian medicine—yes, it’s real! Adjusting for demographics and hours/weeks of work, we found that on average female physicians earn about 9% less than their male counterparts, finds health economist Boris Kralj. Helping patients taper down off opioids I've had patients tell me they hate my guts during my taper-down method. But it works. First Previous 163 164 165 166 167 Next Last
