Features
Overdiagnosed, Overtreated
Psychiatrists have long argued over where to draw the line between pathology and normality. Are we any closer to an answer?
The Specialists' Divorce
A profile of Dr. David Jacobs and his efforts to lead an exodus from the Ontario Medical Association
The Opioid Replacement Problem
This epidemic doesn't get solved without doctors. Where do they fit in?
Sick Doctors
Why many 'bad' physicians deserve sympathy, not shame
What If We Fail to Curb Climate Change?
How the crisis will affect the life of the average Canadian doctor
Selling Out
The story of the MD Financial sale
A Better Way to Die
Witnessing the work of palliative care doctors first-hand
The Psychedelic Renaissance
How an ancient treatment paradigm is slowly working its way into western medicine
A Conflict of Conscience
On the role of religion in modern medicine
Psychiatrists have long argued over where to draw the line between pathology and normality. Are we any closer to an answer?
The Specialists' Divorce
A profile of Dr. David Jacobs and his efforts to lead an exodus from the Ontario Medical Association
The Opioid Replacement Problem
This epidemic doesn't get solved without doctors. Where do they fit in?
Sick Doctors
Why many 'bad' physicians deserve sympathy, not shame
What If We Fail to Curb Climate Change?
How the crisis will affect the life of the average Canadian doctor
Selling Out
The story of the MD Financial sale
A Better Way to Die
Witnessing the work of palliative care doctors first-hand
The Psychedelic Renaissance
How an ancient treatment paradigm is slowly working its way into western medicine
A Conflict of Conscience
On the role of religion in modern medicine
Columns
Everything Has Changed Now
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our ideas about what costs we are willing to bear
My Dad, the Wellness Expert
Why doctors hated my father
The Trouble with Translating Pain
Understanding the gap between what a patient feels and what a doctor can understand
Kant, the Axe Man, and the Evolving Philosophy of Euthanasia
A thought experiment to guide our discussions on ethics
Why Do Doctors Lie?
We hold them to higher standards of truth for a reason
Let's Talk About Comparing People We Don't Like to Donald Trump
And why that's maybe a bad idea
In Defence of Political Correctness
About 'pregnant people' and those who are upset about being asked to call them that
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our ideas about what costs we are willing to bear
My Dad, the Wellness Expert
Why doctors hated my father
The Trouble with Translating Pain
Understanding the gap between what a patient feels and what a doctor can understand
Kant, the Axe Man, and the Evolving Philosophy of Euthanasia
A thought experiment to guide our discussions on ethics
Why Do Doctors Lie?
We hold them to higher standards of truth for a reason
Let's Talk About Comparing People We Don't Like to Donald Trump
And why that's maybe a bad idea
In Defence of Political Correctness
About 'pregnant people' and those who are upset about being asked to call them that
PMHx
Visions of the Medical Future
What did science fiction predict?
Foucault's Father
A family history of the philosopher who reshaped our ideas about medicine
What did science fiction predict?
Foucault's Father
A family history of the philosopher who reshaped our ideas about medicine
Q&A's
Against Fear
An interview with the registrar of Canada's largest medical regulator
The Doyenne of Physician Wellness
An interview with the doctor who first raised the alarm on physician suicide
The Hard Truth about Vaccines
An interview with a vaccine science legend
The Case for Euthanasia
An interview with a psychiatrist and proponent
The Case Against Euthanasia
An interview with a family doctor and opponent
This Doctor Knows How You Feel—Really
An interview with a mirror-touch synesthete and neurologist
An interview with the registrar of Canada's largest medical regulator
The Doyenne of Physician Wellness
An interview with the doctor who first raised the alarm on physician suicide
The Hard Truth about Vaccines
An interview with a vaccine science legend
The Case for Euthanasia
An interview with a psychiatrist and proponent
The Case Against Euthanasia
An interview with a family doctor and opponent
This Doctor Knows How You Feel—Really
An interview with a mirror-touch synesthete and neurologist
Book Reviews
Being and Somethingness
A review of 'Into the Gray Zone' by Adrian Owen
Between Fact and Fairy Tale
A review of 'Everything in its Place' by Dr. Oliver Sacks
Medical Pains
A review of 'The Flame Broiled Doctor' by Dr. Frank Warsh
Age-Old Lessons in Medicine
A review of 'How Not to Be a Doctor' by Dr. John Launer
A review of 'Into the Gray Zone' by Adrian Owen
Between Fact and Fairy Tale
A review of 'Everything in its Place' by Dr. Oliver Sacks
Medical Pains
A review of 'The Flame Broiled Doctor' by Dr. Frank Warsh
Age-Old Lessons in Medicine
A review of 'How Not to Be a Doctor' by Dr. John Launer