Category: Reflections

Oct 23 2014

Reflections

Why smoking on campus is uncool

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Bob Seeman is Chair of The RIWI Corporation, CEO of Clera Inc. in Vancouver, and former Head of Strategy for Microsoft Network, UK Neil Seeman is Founder and CEO of...

Oct 19 2014

Reflections

Responding to domestic violence – victims, workplace and friends & family

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Alison Gregory researches domestic violence at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol University, UK   Recently domestic violence hit the headlines, again, with Ray Rice’s assault of his fiancée...

Oct 15 2014

Medical aid in dying, Reflections

Not pro-death; just anti-suffering

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Wanda Morris is the CEO of Dying With Dignity, Canada, the national organization working to reduce unwanted suffering at end of life   Every year at Dying With Dignity Canada...

Oct 15 2014

Medical aid in dying, Reflections

Care, Compassion, and a little Humility…

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James Downar is a Critical Care and Palliative Care physician with a Master’s degree in Bioethics. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of...

Oct 14 2014

Medical aid in dying, Reflections

Physician Hastened Death: Awaiting a Verdict

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Prof Harvey Max Chochinov, OC OM MD PhD FRCP(C), is Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care; Director, Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit; Chair, Canadian Virtual Hospice; and Distinguished Professor in...

Oct 13 2014

Medical aid in dying, Reflections

The Law and physician assisted dying: who owes what, to whom?

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Tom Koch is a medical ethicist and writer who has served as a commentator on and consultant in cases of physician-assisted suicide in Canada. His most recent book is Thieves...

Sep 26 2014

Primary Care, Reflections

Everything is medicine

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Dr Randy Fransoo is a Senior Research Scientist and Acting Associate Director of Research at Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, and an assistant professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences...

Sep 25 2014

Primary Care, Reflections

Activity, cultural awareness, self-restraint and nutrition to tackle obesity in youth

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Dr Randy Fransoo is a Senior Research Scientist and Acting Associate Director of Research at Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, and an assistant professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences...

Sep 23 2014

Reflections

Concussion – the Invisible Injury

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Matt Eagles is a medical student at Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador (Class of 2017) and a former Major Junior and University hockey player. He is a founding member of...

Sep 16 2014

Doctors' health, Reflections

Learning from doctors’ illness narratives

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Jonathan Tomlinson is a general practitioner in London, UK, and a NIHR In Practice Research Fellow at the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Barts and the London School...

Sep 04 2014

Reflections

My New Meeting Mantra

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Prof Sarah Forgie is a pediatric infectious disease physician at the Stollery Children’s Hospital and associate professor in the University of Alberta’s Department of Pediatrics I asked a few colleagues,...

Aug 27 2014

Reflections

Medicine’s Own Brain Drain

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  Dr. Akshay Shetty (centre right) is an Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Calgary Dr. Won Hyung A. Ryu (centre left) is a Neurosurgery Resident at the University...

Aug 23 2014

Reflections

Health Information Technology – there’s no good app for that…

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Gillian Bartlett is Associate Professor and Research and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University Rachel Simmons is an MSc Student in the Department of Family...

Aug 21 2014

Primary Care, Reflections

The Symphony and medical teamwork – reflections on the WONCA Europe Conference 2014

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Raquel Braga is a family doctor at Lagoa Family Health Unit, Matosinhos Local Health Unit, Portugal.   A massive 3761 participants from all over the world attended the 19th WONCA...