A place to bat around new thoughts and real, implementable ideas.
Patient Engagement is difficult to write about because it’s poorly defined and usually discussed in broad strokes. This post attempts to identify separate themes so that I might have a way to clarify and focus my thinking, moving forward. Continue Reading
What is clinical bioethics? In my graduate bioethics program, we considered a range of healthcare topics in the context of our society’s ever-evolving moral and technological landscape – topics such as autonomy and consent, justice, equity, the allocation of resources, pandemics,… Continue Reading
I am so pleased to share this book – it represents a year of my own involvement plus a year or two of defining the project and soliciting chapters (by the other editors, before I came on board). The book… Continue Reading
A patient’s reporting of symptoms or telling of their story to a physician, however compassionate that physician may be, is not the same thing as the patient’s full and valued participation in not only identifying and framing their own health issues, but also problem-solving and goal-setting. Continue Reading
In my last post about Patient and Family-Centred Care, I made a passing reference to ‘fake work’ – a term I use to describe the administrative busywork required by parents and families in order to access and maintain services. I’ve… Continue Reading
I gave a few talks this year, most of which left me dissatisfied. I think I delivered the ‘material’ okay and the audiences were receptive but each time I felt depleted and mildly embarrassed. I wrote about one of my… Continue Reading
I just came back from the OACCAC‘s* annual conference – I was part of this illustrious panel: Dr. Tim Rutledge (CEO of North York General) Dr. Jonathan Kerr (Family physician and President of the Ontario Association of Family Physicians) Nadine… Continue Reading
I’m launching a new site today! A sort of adjunct to my blog. I’ve been sitting on it for a while and figured I should just release it already. More videos are in the works. I’ll post here when a… Continue Reading
My plan was to storm the health care world when my degree is finished – but I thought, why wait? I have proposed this abstract for the annual Canadian Bioethics Society conference this spring. The theoretical presentation spots are hotly… Continue Reading
I was invited to participate in a panel discussion yesterday, at Mount Sinai Hospital’s bi-annual Fetal Update conference (which continues today). I was there as a parent, joined by 3 ethics professionals, a fetal therapy physician, and a social worker.… Continue Reading
