Discussions

A unfortunate but not unusual situation for patient serves as an important reminder of knowing how to respond to an urgent health situation at home.

A med student in 1979, I wandered down to the ER of Montreal Children's. It was downright spooky. The cubicles were empty. The waiting room was silent. The doctors and nurses were gathered at the nursing station watching a small portable TV. 

You wouldn’t put lotion on an open wound, right? Dr. Carlos Yu examines whether the typical approach to treating eczema is sabotaging potential improvement.

In medicine, we’re trained to stay rational and calm—but when illness strikes those we love, even the strongest clinical armor can fall away.

For Doctors’ Day—May 1—Dr. Alykhan Abdulla shares his latest poem on identity and the everyday reality of the profession.

With high burnout, light touch called for from colleges of physicians and surgeons.

Your CPSO plea deal can be used against you in criminal proceedings.

As a young doctor-in-training, I feel obligated to speak out against Island Health’s unethical treatment of Dr. Jessica Wilder.