The Death And Life Of Canadian Medicine, Part Vi

Tending to our many, often self-inflicted wounds. Previously: Part I , Part II , Part III , Part IV , Part V Any essay on health care re...

The Death And Life Of Canadian Medicine, Part V

Residency is not a privilege, or a rite of passage, or a time-honored noble tradition. Previously: Part I , Part II , Part III , Part IV...

The Death And Life Of Canadian Medicine, Part Iv

What happens in med school doesn't stay in med school. Previously: Part I , Part II , Part III It's almost a miracle that Ca...

The Death And Life Of Canadian Medicine, Part Ii

The 1990s brought more than Howard Stern and the Spice Girls to Canada. The first post in this series laid out the mendasar questions tha...

It's Time To Panic About Family Medicine

I could just cut and past my thoughts on this topic from last year, but where's the fun in that? The Canadian Resident Matching Serv...

Guest Post: Palliative Care Theatre, Episode 2!

While I'm polishing off a book manuscript this week, once again I cede medical-political blogging duties to Dr. Darren Cargill , for ano...

Guest Post: A Healthcare Zombie

Yes! I am more than happy to host guest posts on the blog. Please e-mail me if you've got a piece that's too snarky for your own we...

The Future Of Family Medicine, As Told To The Past

Like so many other doctors that craft letters to their younger selves, it's time I went back in time. It's late summer 1997, first...