Claire Nowlan MD CCFP (COE) rank is angry at me again. He says that I would be angry too
if I had to live here. Here is a nursing home that he has been forced into. When Frank arrived …

“No.” She looked back at the floor.“Are you going to tell her?”“I... I don't know.” I waited, drops
of blood staining her bedroom carpet behind a closed door in my mind's eye.“I think I have …

It must have been Buenos Aires 1976 when as a second-year candidate I presented a case
to the clinical seminar1 in my institute. It was a patient who came to me referred by someone …

Shortly after my diagnosis, I had a set of scans. One concern was the condition of my lung:
had it sufficiently re-expanded so that I could safely fly to see loved ones? When I turned to …

Her father, a doctor; her mother, a nurse. The eldest of 5 children, she remembers helping
the youngest get changed and dressed. Her father at rounds early in the morning, home late …

I lay on the floor praying. I'd slipped at home and couldn't get up. Finally, the ambulance
arrived. Three weeks later, I was home, but with a broken shoulder from my fall. Everyday …

Family Medicine Forum Convocation ceremony to celebrate our newly won CCFP
designations, many thoughts went through my mind. The CCFP letters marked our …

T he corner of my eye spots the chocolate frosted donut in our break room. Chocolate, my
favorite! Just what I need after a busy patient session. I grab my quick meal and look at my …

Amita Dayal MD CCFP The twin beds are just as I had left them. Side by side, pushed close,
sleepover style. This lack of attention to regulation must have been overlooked by the home …

Just as the Friday evening efflux of staff begins, a patient with cancer whom I saw only days
ago is reported to be not quite right. She may not think so, but I have always liked her. At her …