Discussions

Ontario’s physician wage-gap: Myth vs. fact

As such, rather than blaming female physicians, we must critically assess the systemic factors that lead to lower earnings and dispel myths about the physician wage gap.
Balancing freedom of expression and professional responsibilities
Bureaucratic vertigo in Ontario's home care system

Vertigo is a sensation where one perceives movement that isn’t happening. In the realm of healthcare administration, a similar phenomenon occurs—bureaucratic vertigo.
No Minister Jones, pharmacists are not physicians

The province has conflated the practice of medicine and pharmacy, argues Dr. Christopher Leighton.
Why can’t we die at home? Expanding home care could reduce the financial and environmental cost of dying in hospital

If dying at home could be made more feasible and well resourced, both the dying and the living would benefit.
Case report: And the stitch?

A boy’s rather spectacular rash has me wondering if any fellow physicians have ever seen anything like it.
Who has a tougher job: Canadian specialists or family doctors?

In summary, we both have a tough job and it’s hard to judge who has it worse.
POLL: How do you handle anti-vaxxers?

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