Discussions

Don't you wish we could turn back the clock, marry a billionaire, and never have to deal with night shifts, school debts, and privileged patients?

The Primary Care Act builds on the promise of the Canada Health Act: that medically necessary care should be provided without charge to everyone.

The pharmacy can be an ideal place to tackle serious issues around sun safety.

I became a pharmacist in Nigeria because I believed in the moment when everything changes. Not the dramatic, cinematic breakthrough one might expect, but the quiet, profound shift when a patient who arrives at the pharmacy in pain.

Back in India, I was driven by the desire to possess the clinical expertise necessary to serve a community at its most vulnerable points. I didn’t just want a job; I wanted to be a cornerstone of patient care.

In debates about MAiD, what gets talked about far less is the psychological and experiential context in which these decisions actually arise—for patients, and for us as physicians.

Access to lifesaving drugs is a matter of national security.

Hair loss is routinely classified in medicine as cosmetic—a matter of appearance rather than medical consequence. But that description is not neutral.

Despite some offices attempting to restrict patient to one issue per visit, I have found that many of those consulting our walk-in clinic have a number of issues, often with a written list.

I don't relish being a “do-gooder”; I prefer efficiency. Between his stroke and this pneumonia I tried hard to find some volunteer to drive him, and to translate. But local Mandarin speaking volunteers are non-existent, since most seniors have at least one dedicated family or friend looking after them . . . just not Mr. Wang.