Reflecting on when I started practising family medicine, I often found myself apologizing to patients for systemic issues beyond my control, sharing in their frustration over the limitations of our health care system.
In a crisis, we need to go back to the basics: What is good health care? What is the goal of the work we do? I’ve considered this for some time and have come to this conclusion: good health care enables people to live their best lives.
Dr Baerg Hall and Ms Cynthia Buckett provided an excellent and very detailed overview of the diagnosis and treatment of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the November BCMJ.
Dr Lorne Gordon Irvine passed away peacefully at home on 23 February 2024. He was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan, to R. Keith and Phyllis Irvine on 13 September 1950.