Tag: dementia

Apr 04 2020

COVID-19, Editors' Blog

Why I am leaving my mom in her long-term care facility

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No matter how hard we tried to support her, she just couldn’t manage in her apartment anymore. And it would be almost impossible for us to care for her in...

Mar 19 2020

COVID-19, Editors' Blog

SARS, Big Macs, mom’s quarantine and coyotes

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Monday March 16th felt like day 1 of COVID in Canada. The first workday of mass changes to work, school and play.

Apr 12 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Memoirs of a lamenting mind

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Sunjit Parmar is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of British Columbia     A withering mind: As this body crawls forth to die My soul still marches...

Mar 26 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Medical dysfunction

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Lorenzo Madrazo is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Ottawa       Murmurs. Grade 3 out of 6 systolic— A harsh tone I listened to carefully. Yet...

Oct 27 2017

Reflections

How to build brain resilience

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Larry W. Chambers is Research Director at McMaster University’s Niagara Regional Campus, School of Medicine   Eric Larson committed his career to researching how to delay and prevent Alzheimer’s disease,...

Jul 19 2017

Editors' Blog, Primary Care

Rediscovering enjoyment of general practice – SAPC Day 2

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK   Was I wrong! Pioneering Professional Practice doesn’t sound like the most stimulating...