Lets take care of our miracles
Dr. Oz is in big trouble. Last week he was grilled by a United States Senate hearing that was called to examine the marketing of…
Dr. Chris Keefer
Dr. Chris Keefer is a physician in the emergency department of the Brantford General Hospital.
The Final Taboo
The 78-year-old man is barely breathing. This is his fourth hospital visit in as many months. He has severe emphysema. The doctor quickly asks the family if they want everything done. Not really understanding the question the family readily says “yes.” The family is rushed out of the room.
The Power in a Word
In no field of scientific medicine is sexism so entrenched as in the language used in women’s health.
Medical Ethics Respecting the Haudenosaune & Two Row Wampum
The Two Row Wampum as I understand it describes the movement over time of two vessels, a ship and a canoe, travelling in parallel down the river of life. The ship represents the settler societies of Turtle Island, such as Canada and the US, and the canoe represents the Onkwehon:we people.
Tobacco: History and Health
As I place Mr. X on a breathing machine he flashes me a look from his terrified eyes. I know this look well, the desperate cry for help of a drowning man. But he is not drowning in water. He has spent a lifetime drowning in smoke and his lungs are now so shattered that his tiring, heaving shoulders are unable to bring in enough air for his next breath. I will not be able to pull him back to shore. His lungs are failing, he is dying and he knows it.