Author: CMAJ

Apr 13 2020

COVID-19, Editors' Blog, Reflections

Feeling pessimistic about COVID-revealed inequities

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The coronavirus has done a great job of highlighting the obvious. The poor and disadvantaged always get screwed.

Apr 07 2020

COVID-19, Maureen Taylor, Reflections

What would Don do?

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Don thought our public health and health care systems needed to prepare. This meant convincing government X that it needed to invest in stockpiles of masks and antivirals and hire...

Apr 06 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Letter to colleagues of the world from an Italian doctor

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In Italy, with its long history of epidemics, the relationship between society, contagion and anointers  has remained strong, mysterious and unresolved throughout the centuries..

Apr 05 2020

COVID-19, Editors' Blog

Far away

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I had spent a long time explaining to my mom that, because she has heart failure and a pacemaker and is also the eyes for my all-but-blind dad, she really...

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...

Apr 03 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

The privilege of being a resident during COVID-19

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I have internal monologues about how often to sanitize my equipment. Is my cell phone going to survive all this virox? It is the least of my worries right now,...

Apr 02 2020

COVID-19, Editors' Blog

CMAJ in the time of COVID-19

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Thank you to authors and reviewers who have turned around reviews and revisions on COVID-19 related articles quickly, sometimes in between shifts in the ICU.

Mar 31 2020

COVID-19, Maureen Taylor, Reflections

Zoom meeting to keep family up to speed

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I think I was able to make the case for social distancing to most of my many family members, but I spoke with my Dad a week later and he’s...

Mar 29 2020

COVID-19, Medical Dispatches, Reflections

Fear and danger in the coronavirus war

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Last week, no one had their act together. This week we’ve finally smartened up, stood up, and are marching in the same direction.

Mar 27 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Why Canada needs urgent revisions to its COVID-19 response strategy

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The federal government’s reluctance to adopt disruptive measures until very recently reflects a serious underestimation of the gravity of this pandemic.

Mar 24 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

The potential role of unmatched Canadian Medical Graduates during a pandemic

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As we watch COVID-19 go viral on- and off-line, I, as an unmatched medical graduate, find myself both frightened and frustrated to watch our medical community call for help while...

Mar 22 2020

COVID-19, Editors' Blog

Politicians should stick to their lane, and realities of social distancing

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Politicians should not tweet unsubstantiated medical information.

Oct 07 2019

Reflections

Harnessing the power of patients’ written words in clinical notes

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Iris Gorfinkel is a General Practitioner, and Founder and Principal Investigator at PrimeHealth Clinical Research in Toronto, Ontario.   Medical documentation in primary care is a balancing act between promoting timely connection with patients and...

Aug 16 2019

Editors' Blog

Let’s see a concrete plan to implement universal pharmacare in Canada

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Kirsten Patrick is Deputy Editor at CMAJ   Yesterday an open letter addressed to the leaders of Canada’s federal political parties was published calling for a firm commitment to implementing a universal, comprehensive,...