"I felt not like a physician but more like an interpreter – not of language, but of the space between two worlds." ...
When care is fragmented, patients become the glue holding the system together. But all too often, something important is ...
Delays in bail hearings and a lack of specialized care options not only weaken public confidence in the administration of ...
One medical resident's exchange in Berlin taught her not only about German culture, but how language and other support ...
To improve Indigenous women’s health, there must be a drastic change to the health-care system and how we view health.
Addressing economic and digital safety is no longer optional for health policy. It is a core component of patient wellbeing.
The widespread adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) has been an ongoing challenge for the past 30 years. Though recent upgrades to EMR platforms, such as Epic and Cerner PowerChart, have ...
The Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) does not cover all health services that can be provided by a doctor. These “uninsured” services include telephone renewal of prescriptions, writing sick notes ...
The health inequities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians have long been shamefully apparent – the various studies finding infant mortality rates in Indigenous populations to be 1.7 to ...
Family medicine has been in the news lately, with accounts of a shortage across the country and medical graduates shunning the practice. There are many who think that family medicine is about simple ...
This interview is with a female who is a victim of financial abuse. Her name has been withheld to respect her safety and privacy. “My Dad has been mentally, emotionally, and financially abusive to my ...