If this sounds familiar, take a breath. The problem isn’t you. It’s the playbook. And it’s time to replace it.
The Euphemism Economy: How Ontario Health Care Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Hallway
Welcome to Ontario health care, where we’ve spent the past three decades becoming masters of the euphemism.
Welcome to Ontario health care, where we’ve spent the past three decades becoming masters of the euphemism.
U.S. Dietary Guidelines Spark Confusion and Apprehension Among Food and Nutrition Experts
The approach to these guidelines under the direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy raises serious alarms.
The approach to these guidelines under the direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy raises serious alarms.
Canadians Deserve Up-to-Date Health Guidance on Alcohol
Alcohol is a Group 1 carcinogen – the same category as tobacco and asbestos – and is linked to at least nine types of cancer, including breast, colorectal, liver and oral cancers.
Alcohol is a Group 1 carcinogen – the same category as tobacco and asbestos – and is linked to at least nine types of cancer, including breast, colorectal, liver and oral cancers.
The Deafening Silence: A Diaspora’s Grief in the Age of Internet Blackouts
Today, I am still refreshing my phone. But now, I am not met with a barrage of news. I am met with a stagnant, terrifying silence.
Today, I am still refreshing my phone. But now, I am not met with a barrage of news. I am met with a stagnant, terrifying silence.
Alberta Has Restricted Access to Gender Based Medical Care for Trans Youth. Will the Rest of Canada Soon Follow?
The legislation prohibits Alberta clinicians from initiating puberty blockers or cross sex hormone therapy in anyone under 16 with gender incongruence and sharply limits access to gender-affirming surgery until adulthood.
The legislation prohibits Alberta clinicians from initiating puberty blockers or cross sex hormone therapy in anyone under 16 with gender incongruence and sharply limits access to gender-affirming surgery until adulthood.
The Quiet Commercialization of Primary Care Records
The sale of deidentified and anonymized personal health information isn’t new to Canada.
The sale of deidentified and anonymized personal health information isn’t new to Canada.
‘It Made Everything Worse’: Nurses Say WorkSafeBC Delays Recovery After Violent Incidents
What happened next reflects an ongoing crisis in B.C.’s health-care system: nurses reporting workplace violence say they face long waits, complex rules and rigid treatment pathways from WorkSafeBC.
What happened next reflects an ongoing crisis in B.C.’s health-care system: nurses reporting workplace violence say they face long waits, complex rules and rigid treatment pathways from WorkSafeBC.
Getting a Flu Shot Is a Small Yet Deeply Profound Act of Canadian Community Care
I also know that every one of us can have the same kind of impact, protecting ourselves, our families and our neighbours while helping our health system focus on those who most need help.
I also know that every one of us can have the same kind of impact, protecting ourselves, our families and our neighbours while helping our health system focus on those who most need help.
Beyond the Default Patient: Diversity in Virtual Simulation-Based Health-Care Education
Reflecting on the training, the resident shared, “a masculine face had worked its way into the constellation of signs I looked for to identify MI patients, as out of the total of nine virtual patient simulations, not a single one featured a woman.”
Reflecting on the training, the resident shared, “a masculine face had worked its way into the constellation of signs I looked for to identify MI patients, as out of the total of nine virtual patient simulations, not a single one featured a woman.”
‘When Doctors Stop Talking, Patients Fall Apart’
Specialists often act like robots: input symptoms, output a decision, then move on. They stay in their lane, protect their turf, and ignore the rest. Real collaboration has been replaced by rigid protocols and blinders.
Specialists often act like robots: input symptoms, output a decision, then move on. They stay in their lane, protect their turf, and ignore the rest. Real collaboration has been replaced by rigid protocols and blinders.
Where Two Worlds Meet: The Importance of Cultural Sensitivity in Medicine
The hospital gown had drowned her frail body, and golden bangles adorned her wrists.
The hospital gown had drowned her frail body, and golden bangles adorned her wrists.
Using ‘Integration’ to Silence Culturally Specific Care
Hospital leadership has avoided calling this an outright “closure,” instead saying the Asian psychiatry service is being “integrated” into other services.
Hospital leadership has avoided calling this an outright “closure,” instead saying the Asian psychiatry service is being “integrated” into other services.
Vulnerable Seniors Belong in Care, Not Jail
Vulnerable seniors with cognitive impairments risk languishing in custody because there are few appropriate alternatives to manage them.
Vulnerable seniors with cognitive impairments risk languishing in custody because there are few appropriate alternatives to manage them.
The Colonial Wounds on Indigenous Women’s Health
The reality of Indigenous women’s health lies deeper than forced sterilizations, medical paternalism and psychological terror; it is generations of neglect, mistreatment and distrust.
The reality of Indigenous women’s health lies deeper than forced sterilizations, medical paternalism and psychological terror; it is generations of neglect, mistreatment and distrust.
Technology Is Deepening Economic Abuse: Canada’s Health System Can’t Afford to Ignore It
This issue is not confined to the justice system or financial sectors.
This issue is not confined to the justice system or financial sectors.