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I dedicate the following narrative medicine history to International Hearing Day on 3 March 2025.

When I wake up each morning, I have two surprises. First, that I am still alive in a reasonable shape at my age of over 95 years, and second, that I still have yearnings for an intimate and loving relationship at my age.

My wife died 3 years ago, and in accordance with her wishes, her body was donated to the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. I received telephone and written thanks for the donation of her body, and a year ago, I received her cremated ashes, again, with many thanks.

By Dr Tina Fetner, Professor and Chair, Sociology Department, McMaster University.
UBC Press, 2024. ISBN: 9780774869515. Paperback, 204 pages.
 
I recently read this excellent book, Sex in Canada: The Who, Why, When and How of Getting Down Up North, which offers a picture of Canadians’ sex life before the recent pandemic and explains the who, why, when, and how we act. The book presents data on how things are, it offers no opinions on how sex in Canada should be.

The picure of sex in Canada is presented in the book in six main topics:

In 1939, Dr Ludwig Guttman, then a 40-year-old neurologist and neurosurgeon, escaped from Germany and found his way to the United Kingdom. There he continued his work and studies in Oxford to advance medical approaches for those suffering crippling disorders such as spinal cord injuries. He saw his primary task not only as enabling the paraplegics’ physical rehabilitation but also as instilling in them the confidence to live a full life with their permanent disability.