Great news – My friend Sazini will soon be a published book author! She has dedicated the past 10 years or so of her life to helping families with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); to help parents see through the diagnosis, to the beautiful child within. Read More …
Did you know that Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland and many other volumes, enjoyed creating puzzles? He has even been credited with inventing a type of puzzle called a “Doublet Puzzle”, which we now call a “Word Ladder”. This one dates back Read More …
Last month I wrote a short post about a letter I’d received, with an update on the status of my patient complaint. The letter was from the regional Service Quality and Complaints Commission, 39 days after they were supposed to have provided me with a conclusion Read More …
After the very disturbing conversation that I’d had with another physician in June (read my post on Betrayal for details), I finally submitted a detailed complaint to the hospital’s Service Quality and Complaints Commissioner in mid-August. On August 21 I received a call from their Read More …
I originally registered this URL – and started blogging about bioethics (also called medical ethics) – back in June 2007. At the time, no one in bioethics seemed to know what a blog was: “What’s a blob?” With developments and research in genetics, and new Read More …
Because I live in the Montréal area, and speak both English and French, I’ll sometimes play with words using both languages. This is a perfect opportunity to do just that. The word for ‘fog’ in French is ‘brouillard’, pronounced like ‘brew-yard’ with an almost-silent ‘d’ Read More …
