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Ask the Doctor: On Two wheels, in Life and Death

September 22, 2014

This time I will depart from my regular way of telling stories on chronic pain matters, to pay tribute to a special ...

Ask a Doctor: Why Canadian medicare should neither ‘go Dutch’ or ‘go to the dogs’

August 8, 2014

This is the title of a very interesting article in one of the medical newspapers I subscribe. It is in regards to a ...

Ask the Doctor: Reaching out to Community Doctors

May 16, 2014

On April 8, 2014 the Ontario Ministry of Health made an announcement that is truly a breakthrough for the care of ...

Ask the Doctor: “Why don’t you listen to me?” A double-edged sword

March 27, 2014

The other day, I was in a cab going to a meeting in a downtown hospital, when the driver, a sympathetic young man ...

Ask a Doctor: Medical Marijuana, My Final Chapter

January 5, 2014

  The Canadian Medical Association, the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Federation of Medical ...

Ask a Doctor: Movement, pain and function

July 12, 2013

In the very early years of my career (many moons ago), I was called to see Ms. E., a delightful 75 year old woman who ...

Ask a Doctor: What the experts say about treating pain in older people

May 3, 2013

A few weeks ago I came across an article published in Age Ageing (2013;42(2):151-153), that I thought I would share ...

Ask the Doctor: #59. Sleepless nights, wasted days

March 8, 2013

Ms. AF was a 54-year-old woman who came to see me with complaints of electric shock-like pain in her leg after a leg ...

Ask the Doctor # 57: Pain Management in End-of-Life Care and the role of pain medications

February 8, 2013

In this article, I will specifically address the issue of how pain is managed with medications. As discussed in the ...

Ask the Doctor: Talking with CARP members

October 5, 2012

On Tuesday, September 11, 2012, I delivered a talk as a chronic pain physician and as chair of ACTION Ontario, to the ...