Discussions

Going unmatched in 2003 gave me some serious doubts about my abilities. My skills. Was it a mistake to go into medicine? Could I be happy in another field? Did I leave the stove on?

Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes grapples with guilt over the perceived imbalance between a demanding medical career and the time spent with her children.

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Sometimes passionate interests serve as escapes from underlying issues, argues Dr. Jabir Jassam.

As a historian of premodern Japan, Alessandro Poletto has studied its healing experts. Both literature and historical records demonstrate that the boundaries between what are often called ‘religion’ and ‘medicine’ were indistinct.

We appreciate that Americans need access to affordable drugs. But taking them from Canada is not a fair, sustainable or equitable solution.

Every ER doctor gets this question. ‘So, what’s the craziest thing you’ve ever seen?’

Dr. Mark Dermer takes issue with a recent opinion piece by Maria DiDanieli, saying that her working alongside physicians as part of a family health team doesn’t mean she really understands what her doctor colleagues go through.