Discussions

Has peer review become a complete waste of time?

As misinformation and disinformation run rampant, questioning the utility of peer review is sure to raise eyebrows, blood pressure and tempers among academics and healthcare professionals alike.
Case report: Destructive therapy

When waiting really is the best thing, even if a condition seems dramatic at the time.
Not all chronic pain is the same

Dr. Angela Mailis compares two patients who demonstrate how subjective the experience of pain can be—and what can be done about such differing cases.
POLL: Do you support Canada Health Act ‘interpretation letter’ that says NPs and others can bill provincial payers?

See what your colleagues say. Take our weekly doctor poll.
Are you bored of yourself?

We all know, in theory, that our time is limited. Living that reality means truly cherishing the time we have, not fretting about the things we can’t change and learning to value time on our own.
Feedback

What Canadian healthcare needs is feedback from doctors, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, data managers, economists and patients (and their families).
Immigrant youths’ struggles in western life

As a physician with a shared cultural background, Dr. Jabir Jassam found that building trust with such youths is essential.
Patients in the Netherlands can’t go to the ER without a GP referral

Part 3 of a 4 part series: But team-based care and practice assistants mean GPs have larger patient cohorts than in Canada.