Memories, Medicine & Moods
Blogs
- 8/25/2021
Dear politicians: Here's what doctors want
I am not a health economist or a policy expert, but a simple household and garden family doctor who has been working in the trenches for a long time. I do, however, have some ideas. - 8/12/2021
I'll walk you to your car
Now rapidly gentrifying with many fancy restaurants and condos, the neighborhood where I first began practise was a place where many of the inhabitants were on welfare and a good number involved in crime. - 7/22/2021
My happy place
Hello, my name is Perle Feldman, and I am a birth junkie. - 7/12/2021
July: The joy and dread of new residents
So tonight, I wrestle with my anxieties, look forward to the joys of opening the real world of medicine for eager learners. Who are these new residents? Soon I will know because tomorrow the adventure begins - 6/11/2021
Pits and promise
The everyday aggravation of life in pandemic times feels like we’re all walking around with nerves exposed, as if a protective layer of resilience has rubbed off over the past year and a half. Yet, sometimes, something good happens. - 11/22/2020
Melanie: A portrait of patient progress
- 8/18/2020
A cookbook diagnosis
My first 'brilliant diagnosis' as a staff person I attribute solely to my habit of reading cookbooks - 8/13/2020
The doorknob questions
Sometimes you do the rational thing, and sometimes you recognize the vicissitudes of real life and deal with the patient’s agenda - 3/2/2020
'It's about Kavanah': The sacred moments for doctors
It's easy to get distracted by the routine aspects of our job, but sometimes the truth and beauty of it reasserts itself