Discussions

Before we know the ending
A reflection on uncertainty, fear of collegial judgment and the cost of second-guessing in clinical practice.
Normal worry or anxiety disorder?
Where physicians should draw the line for themselves.

The hidden toll of ‘outside lab panels’ on primary care

When naturopath test panels land on my desk, family medicine pays the administrative price.
Otso’s Hail Mary

He was 94, in severe shock and too frail for standard interventions–so we rewrote the rules in real time.
The only pharmacist in the room

On loneliness, the counter, and the profession nobody thought to call.
Family practices are rethinking new‑patient intake

Keeping first appointment clinical and moving admin work into a digital pre‑visit process is working.
Why is naloxone more accessible than epinephrine?

Both can save a life in an emergency, so why is one more readily available for free?
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal overreach threatens patient safety and physician autonomy

Could you be fined $28,000 for not administering a medication prescribed by another doctor?
When AI has already made the diagnosis

Why searching for medical answers online often provides the opposite of relief.
Medical tourism

Should we look at this practice as ‘queue jumping’ and an undesirable yet inevitable consequence of a healthcare system in freefall? Or should we incorporate it into our national philosophy?
The midlife clock is ticking: How we understand ‘time left’ can help us use it well

In Adaptation and the Life Cycle, psychologist Bernice Neugarten tells us that we arrive in our middle years by our social clocks, not our age.
On cars and what’s driving the future of medicine

This blog is not an attempt to have the Medical Post readership solve my car buying woes. Rather, I want to discuss the current combustible state of medical practice to its electrifying future.