by Nicolas Mertens | Jun 11, 2021 | Addiction Medicine, Barriers to Health Care, Blog, Equity Work, Medical Education, Uncategorized |
Identifying challenges when treating patients with concurrent substance use disorders and cancer pain ISSUES IN PracticE Stigma surrounding substance use creates significant barriers for people who use drugs (PWUD), particularly cancer treatment and palliative care....
by Nicolas Mertens | Jun 11, 2021 | Barriers to Health Care, Blog, Communication Skills for Doctors, Equity Work, Medical Education, Uncategorized |
Communicating with transgender patients ISSUES IN PracticE Transgender patients experience significant barriers to accessing health care. As with many marginalized communities, physicians as a profession have contributed to the trauma inflicted on transgender people....
by Nicolas Mertens | Jun 11, 2021 | Barriers to Health Care, Blog, Communication Skills for Doctors, Equity Work, Health of Bears, Medical Education, Uncategorized |
Talking with gay male patients about cardiovascular health What is a Bear? Bears are a sub-group of gay men generally identified by their larger body size, and facial and body hair which connects them to community and with sexual partners. In the medical clinic, they...
by Nicolas Mertens | Jun 11, 2021 | Barriers to Health Care, Blog, Equity Work, Medical Education, Transgender Health, Uncategorized |
For healthcare providers of all specialties Not just family doctors. Nurses and nurse practitioners as well. The Primary Care Toolkit from Trans Care BC provides contagious guidelines for the care of our transgender patients. Updated in December 2020, this resource...
by Nicolas Mertens | Jun 10, 2021 | Barriers to Health Care, Equity Work, Medical Education, Transgender Health, Uncategorized |
Rainbow Health Ontario has created an excellent resource for healthcare providers and trainees with regards to providing gender-affirming care. Initially launched in 2016, the Trans Primary Care Guide was a recently updated along with the 4th edition of the primary...
by Nicolas Mertens | May 22, 2021 | Barriers to Health Care, Blog, Communication Skills for Doctors, Uncategorized |
A worsening doctor-patient communication problem Back in Medical school, we learned that doctors are quick to interrupt patients at the very start of the clinical encounter — my colleagues and I all committed to doing better. Interestingly, that study from the 1980s...
