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 Real collaboration has been replaced by rigid protocols and blinders.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.
Entschuldigung, Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch! A Reflection on My Clinical Exchange
As word quickly spread about the new medical student from Canada, the staff shifted to accommodate my learning without hesitation.
As word quickly spread about the new medical student from Canada, the staff shifted to accommodate my learning without hesitation.
Dreaming of a Bold and Courageous Health-Care System for All
It’s been quite a year for Canadian health policy. Several controversial bills have come into play across the country, leaving many vulnerable patients and health-care workers wondering if they’ll be left out in the cold.
It’s been quite a year for Canadian health policy. Several controversial bills have come into play across the country, leaving many vulnerable patients and health-care workers wondering if they’ll be left out in the cold.
Fractured Foundations: Reimagining Primary Care in Canada
Canada’s primary care system is not bending. It is breaking. And what breaks at the foundation eventually collapses across the whole structure.
Canada’s primary care system is not bending. It is breaking. And what breaks at the foundation eventually collapses across the whole structure.
Medicine Can Be Better: A Wish List for Our Health-Care System
This year, my wish list is shaped by the many roles I occupy: general internist, educator, journalist, editor and incoming president-elect of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada.
This year, my wish list is shaped by the many roles I occupy: general internist, educator, journalist, editor and incoming president-elect of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada.
Feeling Blue? It’s Not Just You. Canadians Live In a ‘Winter Depression Hotspot’
Seasonal affective disorder or – the appropriately acronymic SAD – will impact an estimated 15 per cent of Canadians during their lifetime.
Seasonal affective disorder or – the appropriately acronymic SAD – will impact an estimated 15 per cent of Canadians during their lifetime.
Why Canada Needs a Ready-to-Run Adaptive Platform Trial Before the Next Pandemic Hits
During the COVID pandemic, we had to answer these questions without a reliable way to rapidly test outpatient treatments in community settings.
During the COVID pandemic, we had to answer these questions without a reliable way to rapidly test outpatient treatments in community settings.
‘How Would the Average Canadian Know to Ask?’ Men Left in the Dark on Minimally Invasive Prostate Cancer Treatments
One in eight will be diagnosed in their lifetime; for many, the barrier to early detection isn’t lack of access to screening – it’s fear of what the diagnosis will mean for their lives afterward.
One in eight will be diagnosed in their lifetime; for many, the barrier to early detection isn’t lack of access to screening – it’s fear of what the diagnosis will mean for their lives afterward.
The Accidental Birth Tourist: A North American Pregnancy
I stared at the French word “enceinte” and the two undeniable lines that accompanied it. Emergency contraception had failed.
I stared at the French word “enceinte” and the two undeniable lines that accompanied it. Emergency contraception had failed.
No, Women Aren’t Supposed to Hurt: Misconceptions About Reproductive Health Have Serious Consequences
The belief that “women are supposed to hurt” is deeply embedded in Canadian culture and reflects a systems-level failure that determines who gets diagnosed, who gets believed and who gets left behind.
The belief that “women are supposed to hurt” is deeply embedded in Canadian culture and reflects a systems-level failure that determines who gets diagnosed, who gets believed and who gets left behind.
Burnout in Health Care: A Personal Reflection and Evidence-Based Perspective
Every decision, every hurried interaction, seemed to chip away at something inside me.
Every decision, every hurried interaction, seemed to chip away at something inside me.