Discussions

With more virtual visits, some doctors say their patients aren't showing up to appointments. Are no-show fees a good way to discourage this behaviour?

Being a physician can be really lonely, starting with the pre-med competition and continuing into residency and fellowship, and then practice. What’s the solution?

I overcame an entire lifetime of avoiding responsibility, moving on from any job when things stopped being fun, and allowed myself to be voted in as the lead physician of the Shelter Health Network Physicians Group. It will be a couple of hours a week they said, no big deal they said . . .

We asked physicians how they're able to make time for both of these key responsibilities.

People considering their own death have often gone through long periods of intense suffering and internal struggles.

What do we owe each other as Canadians?

I think anyone who pursues subspecialty training after residency would be lying if they said that they didn’t consider their eventual lifestyle when making the decision to prolong their medical education.

There is an eerie feeling of helplessness that overcomes you when faced with the realization that your personal space, property and security have been violated.