Mired in all the statistics that are supposed to make patient care more scientific, a family doc wonders about the significance of his daily practice. I have been a physician for over 35 years. I... Read More
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Whether the Canadian medical care system is a defining national characteristic is debatable, but one thing is sure: when planning, Canadians have a tendency to just muddle through. Unfortunately, our... Read More
As 40 years of medical records are carted away, a retired physician remembers some beginnings. Its engine roaring, the huge truck lumbered away down the lane. Now being digested in its vast... Read More
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The author recounts an extraordinary experience that occurred while treating a kindly older gentleman who believed he was God. It was sometime in the mid-1970s and I was in psychiatric practice in... Read More
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In which our hero submits himself to the horrors of therapeutic massage. The other day he had a massage. No, not that kind of massage so graphically advertised and illustrated in the... Read More