Dr. Christine Hanna speaks about being called “just a family doctor”.
January 29, 2021 CBC Radio’s White Coat Black Art podcast takes listeners through the swinging doors of hospitals and doctors’ … Continue reading “Doctors say they’ll continue to speak out despite paying a price”
Dr. Vincent Lam writes about how Family doctors must be included in Canada’s vaccine roll out in this article on The Globe and Mail.
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Dr Walter Reynolds
No words that I write here will give Walter back to his family. Instead of feeling powerless though, I will commit to action in his memory.
During these times of uncertainty, fear and anxiety over a virus that has affected over a million people around the … Continue reading “A Personal Experience of Fear and Grief”
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Learning, for Life
Our learning as family doctors, and as humans, is never done. As specialists in primary care, we know family doctors need better tools to support learning and reflection. We need applications that will help us deliver quality care and improve outcomes.
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The Ruby of Routine
How suddenly things change! And just like that, usual becomes the new dream.
But now I walk with COVID-19. She is mentor, I am mentee.
Goals of care discussions have always been important. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, they are essential.
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What’s in a name?
Dr. Kathleen Ross, Doctors of BC President, writes eloquently about the value of family doctors on her blog.
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Canaries: We See You
I recently read Glennon Doyle’s, Love Warrior. In it she writes: “The canary’s body was built to be sensitive to … Continue reading “Canaries: We See You”
Our ability to join together, to act as a collective, is at the heart of who we are as people. … Continue reading “A Soft Place for Hard Conversations”