The current training gap creates fragmented care, underutilized team members and overwhelmed family doctors.
Empowering Pharmacists Is About More Than Saving Emergency Departments – It’s About Equity in Health Care
At the time, the government framed this as a way to reduce strain on family physicians and over-crowded emergency departments (EDs).
At the time, the government framed this as a way to reduce strain on family physicians and over-crowded emergency departments (EDs).
Beyond Pink and Teal: Patient Advocacy Is Not a Morality Play
When Patient No More: The Politics of Breast Cancer was published in the early 1990s, I was still finding my footing as both a survivor and a new advocate.
When Patient No More: The Politics of Breast Cancer was published in the early 1990s, I was still finding my footing as both a survivor and a new advocate.
We Are Taught to Fix the System – Then Forced to Waste Time in It
Every year, medical students across the country must submit forms verifying their vaccine history – forms that we already submitted last year, and the year before that.
Every year, medical students across the country must submit forms verifying their vaccine history – forms that we already submitted last year, and the year before that.
Expanding Access to Disability Supports: The Case for Impact Investing
A growing movement – impact investing, in which investors seek minimal financial returns and focus on creating social good – offers a new way to fill gaps left by traditional funding.
A growing movement – impact investing, in which investors seek minimal financial returns and focus on creating social good – offers a new way to fill gaps left by traditional funding.
Planetary Health Is Public Health
Public health has a long and proud history of addressing the broad upstream environmental, social and economic determinants of health.
Public health has a long and proud history of addressing the broad upstream environmental, social and economic determinants of health.
‘I Understand’: Words of Empathy That Have Helped Me Through Residency
My residency cohort was large, and it was a new set of us who had been assigned to work together. There were familiar faces, but most of us were largely acquaintances, strangers to one another’s inner lives.
My residency cohort was large, and it was a new set of us who had been assigned to work together. There were familiar faces, but most of us were largely acquaintances, strangers to one another’s inner lives.
Black Mistrust Is Logical and Rational: What Public Health Policymakers Must Learn From Black Communities
Black communities are not hesitant just for the sake of it. They are hesitant because of memory.
Black communities are not hesitant just for the sake of it. They are hesitant because of memory.
Food Security Is Health Security: Tackling Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Communities
Indigenous peoples bear a disproportionate burden: First Nations on reserve have T2DM rates three to five times higher than the rest of Canada.
Indigenous peoples bear a disproportionate burden: First Nations on reserve have T2DM rates three to five times higher than the rest of Canada.
Financially Sustainable and Fair: Value-Based Care a Solution to Pay Disparities and Health-Care System Strain
This gap limits access to care and exposes the shortcomings of current fee-for-service (FFS) reforms.
This gap limits access to care and exposes the shortcomings of current fee-for-service (FFS) reforms.
Obesity and Food Insecurity in Canada: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Food insecurity and obesity are deeply interconnected via physiological, behavioural and social mechanisms.
Food insecurity and obesity are deeply interconnected via physiological, behavioural and social mechanisms.
The Forgotten Patients of Brain Health: Why Functional Neurological Disorder Needs a Clinical Home
Imagine living with seizures, weakness or memory problems – but when you seek help, no one knows who should take responsibility for your care.
Imagine living with seizures, weakness or memory problems – but when you seek help, no one knows who should take responsibility for your care.
Housing the Frontline: Solving the Health Workforce Crisis Starts With a Place to Live
This starts with recognizing that supporting frontline health workers means ensuring they have access to safe, affordable and stable places to live, especially in communities where care is most urgently needed.
This starts with recognizing that supporting frontline health workers means ensuring they have access to safe, affordable and stable places to live, especially in communities where care is most urgently needed.
Patient Perspectives: Telling Our Stories Is Critical to Improving Care
It was a brilliant exercise in empathy, listening and compassion – all things that, of course, can be equated to authentic care.
It was a brilliant exercise in empathy, listening and compassion – all things that, of course, can be equated to authentic care.
When Patients Ask About Psychedelics
My instinct was to express concern, noting the limited evidence and dangers of uncontrolled use.
My instinct was to express concern, noting the limited evidence and dangers of uncontrolled use.
How Hollywood’s Obsession With the ‘Dry Look’ Harms Men and Boys
The meme highlights the increasingly distorted male beauty standards that celebrate visible dehydration as a physical ideal.
The meme highlights the increasingly distorted male beauty standards that celebrate visible dehydration as a physical ideal.