Category Archives: Medicine

Physician assisted suicide

Posted on May 28, 2016 by

Of course, we don’t call it that anymore. Now it’s Medical Assistance in Dying. The problem with this new name is that physicians, and nurses, and other medical professionals having been giving assistance to people who were dying for thousands … Continue reading →

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Learning and Teaching

Posted on April 27, 2014 by

One of the hats I wear is as a Clinical Professor of Medicine with the Department of Family Practice at the University of Saskatchewan. In this role I host final year medical students at my office for a two week … Continue reading →

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Lies the Doula told Me

Posted on September 18, 2013 by

Okay, “lies” is too strong a word. Errors would be better. Besides, I have no doubt that the vast majority of Doulas are fine, well meaning, caring individuals who want to part of the health care team making every woman’s … Continue reading →

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Miracles

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

I have been a family doctor for some 28 years. I have seen a lot of births and a lot of deaths. I have dealt with the full range of illnesses, from the common to the rare, and from the … Continue reading →

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Death and Life

Posted on December 2, 2012 by

I’m a family physician in a small Saskatchewan city, and as such I do a little bit of everything. Of course, I see patients at my office but I also take care of hospital inpatients, nursing home patients, and clients … Continue reading →

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