11/19/2021 Workload comparisons with Ontario family physicians are ill-conceived and inappropriate.
11/11/2021 I have seen thousands of patients with dementia over my career. It is difficult to treat patients and handle caregivers. This is how I do it.
10/28/2021 Dr. Smith has a story similar to many of you: For 15 years she brought her medical charts and paperwork home to work on them after the kids went to bed. From 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. each evening was typical for weeknights.
10/18/2021 Why do psychiatrists have one of the highest suicide rates among physicians? I spoke to an expert and the answer is complex but points to ways of prevention.
10/5/2021 Chronic pain has no cure. The patients are often angry with us for failing them.
We struggle to keep them working. My heart used to sink when I saw a chronic pain patient on my list.
9/8/2021 What drives you crazy about depictions of doctors on-screen? I'll start.
8/21/2021 One way to improve patient care, cure Canada's family doctor shortage and keep family physicians and taxpayers very happy, is with capitation.
8/8/2021 In 1973, the interns and residents of Ontario went on strike and won a huge increase in wages and cut their on-call duties from the bone-crushing one-in-two nights to a maximum of one in three.
7/19/2021 Knowing that many doctors can use help getting organized, I recently interviewed the co-owner of In Order Co., a professional organizing company. One of their services is to help people get rid of the clutter, which can be stressful, and get organized once and for all.
6/29/2021 Communicating efficiently and setting limits saves us time and energy and ultimately improves patient care. This toolkit consists of letters you can edit, print off, sign and give to your clinic staff. Or, you could cut and paste and email or text them.
