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President's Comment / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD November 2021
... It is an eclectic bunch: colleagues on the front lines, people working in public health, politicians, government ... But why am I doing this? The reasons are multiple. I see people doing good work and I want to encourage them to keep doing it. I see people making tough calls and I want to acknowledge their ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD May 2021
... collective trauma (a traumatic event shared by a group of people) being used to describe the COVID-19 pandemic. I often ... But trauma carries different meanings for different people. For some, trauma means broken bones and ruptured ... necessarily true of the pandemic. That’s not to say people haven’t suffered; we have seen far too many deaths; ...
President's Comment / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD April 2021
... issues. So, what have I found? I am often one of the first people that an LGBTQ2S+ person comes out to. I am far too ... person who learns that a teenager has been date-raped. People break down and tell me about old traumas. People tell me their stories of the racism, sexism, ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD June 2020
... Truly inspiring work has been done by an untold number of people to pull this all together. Now we wait. Physical ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD December 2020
... assembled to cope with the anticipated surge of ill people. Surgeries were canceled. Offices were closed. We ... my optimism. I know that this virus, no matter how many people it impacts, no matter what new obstacles it presents, ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP April 2019
... some naturopaths and functional medicine doctors encourage people to pressure medical doctors to order tests[ 13 ] so ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi May 2019
... patients often look to their GP for care. In fact, 80% of people with mental health issues receive care in the primary ... cases of financial hardship). Each cohort accepts up to 15 people, and sessions run between 90 and 120 minutes. The ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD June 2019
... generated by the necessary care of other patients. Most people are very understanding, some less so. The 90-year-old ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD December 2019
Dr Kathleen Ross “We must use collegiality not to level people down, but to bring together their strength and ... of what we learn from every new encounter. In fact, people will often leave meetings with very different ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP March 2019
... doesn’t decry failure—surely we can find ways to allow people to give their time, ideas, and feedback. Sure, there ...