This essay is part of a series of reflections on primary care during the pandemic presented by Réseau-1 Québec. The original essay published in French on December 3, 2020 is available here >> For several years now, I’ve been a patient-partner for my own care. This has been important because, as someone living with cystic fibrosis, I’ve […]
Picking one’s battles: COVID-19 and I
This essay is part of a series of reflections on primary care during the pandemic presented by Réseau-1 Québec. The original essay published in French on November 3, 2020 is available here >> Last March, the province was put on pause. Everything stopped. Everything, that is, except the health care system, which went into crisis management mode. […]
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COVID-19, telemedicine, and humanistic medicine: Back to the future?
This essay is part of a series of reflections on primary care during the pandemic presented by Réseau-1 Québec. The original essay published in French on September 24, 2020 is available here >> It’s still too early to measure all the impacts of the unprecedented crisis we are experiencing. But one thing is certain, if we accept the […]
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COVID-19—A pivotal moment in community care
This essay is part of a series of reflections on primary care during the pandemic presented by Réseau-1 Québec. The original essay was published in The BMJ Opinion on April 7, 2020. A French translation is available here >> As primary care physicians and community practitioners, we are first hand witnesses of the covid crisis and its impact […]
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