Roger Ladouceur MD MSc CCMF (SP) FCMF, ASSOCIATE SCIENTIFIC EDITOR Christmas
is coming: a time to write a few words of comfort, a message of hope…. I would really love to …

Hope can be an integral part of the healing process. When Barack Obama wrote The
Audacity of Hope he was in the US Senate, about to make his bid for the presidency. 1 He …

Twenty years ago, I proudly stood in my brand-new school uniform, my hair neatly tied back
into a bun and enveloped by a disproportionately large butterfly backpack. It was my first day …

We're getting 5 minutes, so what we're going to do is this: I'm going to download 56 years of
wisdom in 5 minutes. Good with that? Okay, so we'll start with “good morning.”“Good …

House staff dribble in, clack lunch trays down around the center table, and stir up their
collective energy before the start of the Noon Case Conference. 1 take a back seat and fix …

Our medical colleagues are burning out at record rates. Ninety-one percent of US physicians
have felt burned out at some point in their career. 1 The pressures of quality improvement …

“Please don't let me get stinky,” Mom had pleaded with me. She was bedbound now.“That
hurts!” she yelped as I massaged her swollen, atrophied left arm and leg. I brushed the thick …

Catherine Cervin MD CCFP FCFP MAEd Ifind December to be a complex month. The
holiday break is welcome for many. Others find the holidays to be a sad time, and many …

Feet tumbled toward me in greeting. I exchanged my contaminated work clothes, listened to
the cacophony of news: a newly wiggly tooth, a crashed ship, an urgent report of an errant …

Jonathan Swift Afew weeks ago a 65-year-old woman in my practice told me about the
challenges of looking after her 89-year-old mother. Although she has a sibling nearby, she …