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The choices we make
Life is about options, the choices we make and the paths we follow. For some it can be a bittersweet experience. Yet, these decisions can alter the lives of many. Some are aware of these changes and some, regretfully, are not.
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The birthday present
One of the great joys of adolescent practice is when one is able to have a positive influence upon one’s patient. Once your patient trusts your judgment and counsel, the ability to affect positive change in their lives improves dramatically.
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Trust, teens and the family doc
Eight years ago, two Ottawa doctors went back to high school to start the first in-school medical centre of its kind in Canada Adolescents are an under-serviced population — and there are several factors that contribute to this phenomenon.
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The hidden patient
In June, my dad was hospitalized for some surgery. He related the following story to me: My dad walked the ward after his surgery whence he came upon an elderly woman near the nurse’s station.