Category: Reflections

May 28 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Family physician leadership in long-term care: COVID-19 success and a call to action

6 Comments

I feel fortunate that our patients have been able to receive care by in large in their homes from their own family physician and care providers.

May 22 2020

COVID-19, Maureen Taylor, Reflections

I can care for patients because I am not afraid

4 Comments

I can do my job because I am protected.

May 22 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Chewing gum for COVID-19

5 Comments

What about the older adults I saw, or my colleagues who, after interacting with me, provided care in congregate living settings full of seniors?

May 21 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Revisiting the no visitors policy

8 Comments

Even in lock-down, word travels quickly. Friends and family members, once part of the fabric of our floor, now signify an anticipated death.

May 20 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Finding purpose in a pandemic

3 Comments

“Despite all the challenges that lie in wait, you are so truly fortunate to be entering this profession.”

May 19 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

A sister’s reflections

10 Comments

If you meet my sister during COVID-19, she will not be able to tell you about what her life is like outside of hospital.

May 15 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

People who use drugs are experiencing overlapping crises during COVID-19

1 Comment

The call to self-isolate puts people who use drugs in a uniquely dangerous position.

May 14 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

On the bench

No Comments

One of the amazing things about the COVID crisis has been the emergence of so many "super-subs".

May 13 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Good luck

7 Comments

There is a necessary ritual between the dying and the living: that immense need to be held and to hold, to be surrounded by people and be present for the...

May 12 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

The truth behind the mask

2 Comments

I've slowly learned that our masks make us physicians, but our emotions make us people.

May 11 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Normalizing deviance

6 Comments

I have “grown up” in the era of hallway medicine. During COVID-19 the deviance has been unnormalized.

May 08 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

An unusual week in the ICU: In the shadow of a pandemic

5 Comments

This almost seems like a step backwards from all the gains of years of work aimed at humanizing ICUs.

May 06 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Orphaned

2 Comments

my next patient is an experienced personal support worker who works at a long term care home.

May 02 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

From the sideline of the front line

2 Comments

Without doubt, the lack of assurance that there will be the necessary PPE to provide clinical care has been the biggest stressor for everyone.