Tag: patient-centred care

May 08 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

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

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

Oct 11 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Recognizing the importance of the traumatic nature of medicine

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Mitchell Elliott is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Toronto   Doctors are amongst the intellectual elite of society. In many cases, with decades of training and...

Sep 17 2018

Student Humanities Blog

“Patient”

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Austin Lam is a medical student at the University of Toronto     We often hear and use the term “patient-centred care” without having a precise definition in mind. In order to elucidate...

Apr 21 2017

Reflections

Bridging the information gap between physician and patient perspectives on health

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Charlie Tan is a medical student at McMaster University Lawrence Loh is Associate Medical Officer of Health at Peel Public Health   Too often, physicians forget that they might be...

Feb 28 2017

Primary Care

Enhancing value: Realizing the promise of primary care through effective implementation

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Arlene Bierman is the Director of Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) at the United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Rick Glazier is a Family Physician...

Feb 23 2017

Primary Care

Cross-border learning: Advancing the science of transformation in integrated primary care

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Robyn Tamblyn is the Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, and a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and  Epidemiology...