Patient experience

‘Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always’: The importance of support networks

Though the immediate prognosis is better than some illnesses, the end result is that this disease will end my life early. I’m 35 years old and there is no sound curative treatment.

The challenges of health privacy: From the ER to virtual care

Though health privacy is now a larger focus in training, it can be hard to put into practice, causing systemic privacy breaches.

Autism case highlights urgent need to reform Ontario’s regulatory colleges

Rolling out the welcome mat: Hospitals making visits less intimidating

Shining a light on an ‘embarrassing’ condition

Last rights: Connecting the space between palliative care and MAiD

For my Mom, palliative care and MAiD unfolded gracefully together. My family’s experience is one among many that might prompt Canada’s palliative care organizations to reconsider their relationship to MAiD

Patients need answers. Doctors don’t always have them.

The risks of equating ‘lived experience’ with patient expertise

The Opioid Chapters: 11 stories that show how complex the crisis is

Doctors need to do a better job collaborating on patient care

Patients ’R Us: But do we have to be all the time?

‘Morphine is no substitute for the truth’: Doctors must be honest about progressive illness

Why hiccups are still a medical mystery

How patient stories are re-shaping health care

Palliative care can’t wait: what I wish I’d known as my wife was dying

Cancer diagnosis? Why calling your pathologist might be a good idea

Medical Assistance in Dying legal, but patients still face barriers

Can a genetic test help me find the right depression medication?

How to seek the help of Ontario’s first patient ombudsman

Reframing our view of ‘unnecessary’ emergency department visits