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  • 11/13/2024

    Doing time: Hallway medicine is out of hand

    Dr. Howard Goldstein's daughter suffered a spinal emergency, dragging her and the family through the hell that is hallway medicine in Ontario today.
  • 10/2/2024

    Senescence

    One of the obstacles to retiring from medical practice is the perception that it immediately renders you ‘old.’
  • 8/14/2024

    The patient doctor: Leaving my MRI distraction playlist behind

    Clinical guidelines feel awfully different when you're the patient being subjected to them, rather than the MD using them.
  • 7/26/2024

    A decade of communicating

    Dr. Howard Goldstein reflects on the 10 years he's been writing for the Medical Post—and the continued importance of communication skills in the medical profession.
  • 6/3/2024

    The circle

    Dr. Howard Goldstein reflects on how certain memories of violence in his formative years in University mirror the events of today.
  • 4/11/2024

    The subtleties of time

    Retirement is a stranger, an unknown until reality allows you to define it in your own terms. It is not a continuum of the professional persona. For some it is a paradise found, for others, an identity lost.
  • 2/12/2024

    The not-so-royal we

    I commend the King for his transparency about his health—but he could do even more.
  • 1/15/2024

    The meeting

    Dr. Howard Goldstein reflects on how strange it is to refer to yourself as a doctor in the past tense upon retirement.
  • 12/17/2023

    Can I have a word with you?

    Merriam-Webster's 2023 Word of the Year is "authentic.” Here Dr. Howard Goldstein offers up suggestions for the medical word of the year.
  • 11/30/2023

    Two red lines: A retrospective

    After managing to avoid COVID-19 for 1,313 days, I finally saw those two little red lines on a test. Looking back at the journey we’ve been on with the pandemic, I think you might be surprised how much you’ve already forgotten.
  • 9/28/2023

    Finding humanity: The lost heart of medicine

    Dr. Howard Goldstein challenged doctors in his Virtual Retirement Lounge group to come up with keynote addresses to the class of 2023.
  • 8/22/2023

    The ‘tipping’ point

    What if doctors were allowed tipping terminals in their offices? A chalkboard menu of available goods and services could be wall-mounted in the waiting room, prices listed in bold cursive and brilliant colour, modified with every PSA negotiation.
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