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Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD December 2021
... all they have known. My daughter thinks it is normal for people to wear masks and that we rarely have play dates ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD July/August 2021
... in the matter. He was renamed without his approval. Many people have names that could be considered difficult to ... despite us living in a multicultural world, there are many people of different races and ethnicities who shorten or ... name to fit in. However, by transforming their name, these people essentially lose their identity. I recently listened ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2021
... around for CARMS interviews, so I had to explain that to people. But I think people could see I was genuinely interested in it, so it ... of a problem before it starts. In general psych I’d see people with substance use, psychosis, really intractable ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2021
... times and have a hard time hiding this fact. So, do I help people, or do they stay with me because they don’t really ... However, my patients and family members will tell me what people have posted: one guy gave me terrible scores in all ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD March 2021
... that offers us inexpensive face-to-face access to other people allows us to feel closer to those we can’t be close ... anxiety, for most of us. It’s interesting to hear what people dream of doing when the pandemic is so-called ... can express grief, compassion, and care where words fail. People let into a circle of compassionate touch know that ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB October 2021
... from worry). It isn’t only thanks to having some special people in my life. I believe that many of us are starting to ... nevertheless frustrated, like the rest of you, that some people are choosing to remain unvaccinated. We have all heard ... working at a vaccine clinic recently, I reassured some people, tongue in cheek, that the vaccine they were receiving ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2021
... Significant numbers of vaccine refusals are likely as people worry about potential adverse health outcomes. ... terrible virus. It is estimated that roughly 300 million people died from smallpox in the 20th century. Its case ...
Editorials / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... that of failure to provide relief from suffering for people living with severe pain or shortness of breath. Access ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2021
... were directed toward the often-marginalized population of people who use drugs and the overdose crisis. Forgive me for ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB May 2020
... of panic. Those of us who are exposing ourselves daily to people who could potentially make us very sick or even kill ... rigorous testing and contact tracing, strict controls on people’s movement (border controls and social distancing), ... we stopped testing widely, and the controls on people’s movement were perhaps 1 or 2 weeks too late, and ...