Patients in our urban centres, particularly Edmonton, often must endure agonizing waits for minor, easily treatable complaints like a child with a midnight fever, an ear infection or a minor laceration.
Are We the Problem when Healthcare Systems Fail?
I admitted him. Of course I did. And in doing so, I made two system failures disappear. The social system had no housing for him.
I admitted him. Of course I did. And in doing so, I made two system failures disappear. The social system had no housing for him.
Reclaiming the Joy of Cooking for People Living with Chronic Conditions
I have learned so much since that day in the doctor’s office. I have learned that my diagnosis wasn’t my fault, and that I didn’t choose to live with a chronic condition.
I have learned so much since that day in the doctor’s office. I have learned that my diagnosis wasn’t my fault, and that I didn’t choose to live with a chronic condition.
Adherence Starts With Understanding: Why Health Literacy Is a System Responsibility
What if the real starting point is not adherence, but understanding?
What if the real starting point is not adherence, but understanding?
Too Frail but Not Yet Palliative: Ontario’s Opportunity to Lead in Home Care for Older Adults
This progress matters because well-organized home palliative care is not only compassionate; it is also a thoughtful and intentional health system strategy.
This progress matters because well-organized home palliative care is not only compassionate; it is also a thoughtful and intentional health system strategy.
Assisted Dying Is Changing Medicine More Than We Realize
This active displacement of clinical care, as documented in government reports, is illustrative of a broader trend – MAiD is shifting the focus of medicine from the treatment of suffering to the elimination of the suffering patient.
This active displacement of clinical care, as documented in government reports, is illustrative of a broader trend – MAiD is shifting the focus of medicine from the treatment of suffering to the elimination of the suffering patient.
Transparency Is Not Risk Free. But Neither Is Restricted Access
In Ontario, patients still must fight to see information that is written about them, used to make decisions about their care and stored in their own medical records.
In Ontario, patients still must fight to see information that is written about them, used to make decisions about their care and stored in their own medical records.
The Paradox of Progress: How Medical Advancements Are Expanding the Time We Spend Unwell
This finding resonates with a long tradition of critical thought on industrial modernity. Herbert Marcuse argued that advanced industrial society narrows the horizon of freedom by absorbing critique into a “one-dimensional” order.
This finding resonates with a long tradition of critical thought on industrial modernity. Herbert Marcuse argued that advanced industrial society narrows the horizon of freedom by absorbing critique into a “one-dimensional” order.
Bill to Criminalize Forced Sterilization Sparks Debate Over Reproductive Justice and Medical Practice
The bill would make clear the practice qualifies as aggravated assault; medical practitioners performing sterilization procedures without sufficient consent could face up to 14 years in prison.
The bill would make clear the practice qualifies as aggravated assault; medical practitioners performing sterilization procedures without sufficient consent could face up to 14 years in prison.
The Paperwork Burden Weighing on Canadian Physicians
These are non-clinical, administrative tasks such as general office management, billing and managing staff.
These are non-clinical, administrative tasks such as general office management, billing and managing staff.
The Hidden Cost of Dismissal: How We Amplify Chronic Pain in Clinical Settings
Your mind is already moving to efficiency. What can you realistically do in the next 15 minutes?
Your mind is already moving to efficiency. What can you realistically do in the next 15 minutes?
The Issue No One Wants to Address About Blood Donation and Black Canadians
A significant proportion of otherwise healthy potential donors from these communities are ruled ineligible before they ever sit in a donation chair.
A significant proportion of otherwise healthy potential donors from these communities are ruled ineligible before they ever sit in a donation chair.
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy: A Human-Centred, Cost-Effective Approach to Dementia Care
These statistics highlight the growing public health burden posed by dementia. And as the prevalence of dementia increases, so does the importance of early detection to capitalize on the benefits of early interventions.
These statistics highlight the growing public health burden posed by dementia. And as the prevalence of dementia increases, so does the importance of early detection to capitalize on the benefits of early interventions.
What Canada Can Learn From Costa Rica’s Primary Care System
What was at the heart of their success? A strong primary care system that’s integrated with public health. And an underlying ethos that health is a human right.
What was at the heart of their success? A strong primary care system that’s integrated with public health. And an underlying ethos that health is a human right.
Ontario’s Health-Care System Was Built for a Different Era but to Quote Our PM: ‘Nostalgia Is Not a Strategy’
The media and many have described the situation as a crisis. Emergency department closures. Expanding surgical backlogs.
The media and many have described the situation as a crisis. Emergency department closures. Expanding surgical backlogs.
Instead of Pointing Fingers, Let’s Fix the Societal Problems Plaguing Us
Since the proportion of U.S. adults who identify as transgender or non-binary is at approximately 1.2 per cent according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau, trans and gender-diverse people are far less likely to commit a mass shooting.
Since the proportion of U.S. adults who identify as transgender or non-binary is at approximately 1.2 per cent according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau, trans and gender-diverse people are far less likely to commit a mass shooting.