As a physician for almost sixty years, I often write about my medically related experiences as well as books to assist the lay audience to understand the wonderment and mysteries of medicine.
Welcome to 3P: Pills, Pearls, and Patients where we will discuss current events in medicine, stories from real patient-physician encounters, and gain insight into what it's like being a physician in today's society.
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Hello and welcome to the next episode of 3P: Pills, Pearls and Patients. Today we're going to be talking about Long Covid.
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Dr. Marina Malak is a family physician in Mississauga, Ontario and a lecturer and faculty member at the University of Toronto. She is actively involved in medical advocacy, and is a board member of the Mississauga Primary Care Network. She is also a member of the National Committee of Continuing Professional Development at the College of Family Physicians of Ontario, and a member of the Research Ethics Board at Trillium Health Partners.
She is passionate about patient care; medical education; and promoting mental, physical, and emotional wellness. She enjoys reading, writing, public speaking, puzzles, doodling in her bullet journal, and creating drawings on Procreate.
Welcome to another episode of the Medical Narratives podcast with Dr. Michael Gordon. My name is Regina Starr, and today we have an exciting episode focusing on Type 2 diabetes featuring our host, Dr. Michael Gordon, a geriatrician and our special guest, Dr. Irving Gottesman. Dr. Gottesman is an assistant professor of Medicine, Faculty of Toronto, Temerty School of Medicine and Staff Endocrinologist at Trillium Health Partners Credit Valley Hospital.
We'll delve into the topic of Type 2 diabetes, its impact on society, and discuss the potential complications and dangers associated with treatment inertia. As well, we will review the various treatment options, but before we dive into the main focus, this would not be the Medical Narratives podcast without a good story.
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Dr. Michael Gordon recently retired after a fulfilling career as a geriatrician that spanned 56 years, 44 of which he spent working at the Baycrest Center in Toronto. He is Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Gordon is a recognized ethicist and a thought leader on all topics of care of the elderly and end-of-life decisions. Currently, Dr. Gordon provides part-time professional medical consulting mainly in the domain of cognition and memory loss.
Abstract: Most of us would agree with the almost trite saving that "life is a journey". Of course it is, unless it ends tragically at birth, and even then it is a very short journey. All of us can describe how we got from one stage in life to another, whether personal, family, education or career. Many journeys seem to be in an almost straight line while others meander from one place to another, changing direction and alternating goals, sometimes zigging back and forth. I have had many wonderful journeys in my life; the choice to change career aspirations from engineering to medicine, the choice to study in medicine in Scotland, the choice to focus on geriatrics and then the choice to branch out into medical ethics to add more depth to clinical medicine. The early undergraduate study of philosophy planted the seed that eventually grew into my completing a Master's in Medical Ethics; and then expanding my teaching and practice to include palliative care and end-of-life decision-making, to most recently participating in the assessment of those requesting medical assistance in dying (MAiD in Canada).
Key Words: Kant, medical ethics, MAiD, assisted suicide, medicine.
The controversy in Canada about the evolution of MAiD legislation is an example of how polar opposite views can affect the law and the citizen’s views about end-of-life options.
One of the contemporary pillars of medical ethics is autonomy.
Doctors have to describe the benefits and risks of medications in order to get the proper consent to use the prescription.
MAiD is a complex concept. It will take time until the right balance is achieved.
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Welcome to 3P: Pills, Pearls, and Patients where we will discuss current events in medicine, stories from real patient-physician encounters, and gain insight into what it's like being a physician in today's society.
Please note that while the first episode is available to listen to without registration, accessing additional episodes will require you to subscribe and log in.
Hello and welcome to the next episode of 3P, Pills, Pearls and Patients, and I'm your host, Dr. Marina Malak. And today is yet another episode on The Amazing Liver.
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Dr. Marina Malak is a family physician in Mississauga, Ontario and a lecturer and faculty member at the University of Toronto. She is actively involved in medical advocacy, and is a board member of the Mississauga Primary Care Network. She is also a member of the National Committee of Continuing Professional Development at the College of Family Physicians of Ontario, and a member of the Research Ethics Board at Trillium Health Partners.
She is passionate about patient care; medical education; and promoting mental, physical, and emotional wellness. She enjoys reading, writing, public speaking, puzzles, doodling in her bullet journal, and creating drawings on Procreate.
SY: Good morning. Welcome to Dr. Michael Gordon's Medical Narrative Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Susanna Yanivker. I have been in practice for 25 years and have an interest in emergency medicine, intensive care and air ambulance, as well as choice in health care and end of life medicine. Today we have a very special episode. For the first time, we are doing a series of topics on Medical Assistance in Dying, otherwise known as MAiD.
SY: MAiD is sensitive and deeply personal topic. In 2016, federal legislation was introduced in Canada to allow individuals who are suffering from serious and incurable illness, disease or disability to apply for and if eligible, receive MAiD. We will be speaking to Dr. Michael Gordon, who is well known to our listeners as the host of the Medical Narratives podcast and regular contributor to Health Plexus and the Journal of Current Clinical Care.
SY: Michael is an Emeritus Professor of medicine and a member of the University of Toronto's Joint Centre for Bioethics. And this capacity is involved in ethics, education, primarily for health care providers. He has written and spoken widely in the field of medical ethics, especially in relation to the elderly and end of life care. Our special guest today also is Dr. Chantal Perrot, who's a family physician, psychotherapist in Toronto.
SY: She has been active in choice and health care for over four decades and has been providing Medical Assistance in Dying and assessments and procedures for patients since July 2016. Dr. Perrot is frequently called upon to speak about MAiD to both professional and general audiences. She's a member of Dying with Dignity Board of Directors and also Past-Chair of the Board of Directors of MAiDHouse.
SY: She's a member of the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers and a moderator of the Camp MAiD Providers Forum. Welcome to both of you, and thank you for taking the time to speak to me today about this very important subject. So let's get started.
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Dr. Michael Gordon recently retired after a fulfilling career as a geriatrician that spanned 56 years, 44 of which he spent working at the Baycrest Center in Toronto. He is Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Gordon is a recognized ethicist and a thought leader on all topics of care of the elderly and end-of-life decisions. Currently, Dr. Gordon provides part-time professional medical consulting mainly in the domain of cognition and memory loss.
