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Husband, Dad, Doc, Palliative care & Internal medicine. Aspiring anti-racist, LGBTQ+ supporter Wpg, MB - Treaty 1 (He/Him) BSc, MSc (chem), MD, FRCPC Doc on a bike Canadian Society of Palliative Medicine CSPM
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If what you want us ongoing failure to control the addiction epidemic, then go ahead, keep your focus on “enforcement”! For the record, policing can’t treat an illness. We need to address the reasons people become addicted, provide supports for those who are, not more prosecution.

A very convincing study pointing to airborne transmission of SARS-2

Family members experience high stress and want to be involved when their loved one is critically ill. Family presence in rounds help families remain involved in care. cjccn.ca/featured-art...

Harm reduction strategies work to prevent death and other serious consequences of addiction. They give people a chance to survive and connect them with treatments. We need more reporting like this. Thx @wfpdlett.bsky.social

“if you’re concerned about the number of opioid overdoses, the last thing in the world you would do is close supervised consumption sites.” www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...

Great challenges offer great opportunities. Canada, including Manitoba can offer a great place for disheartened US academics, but MBGov must step up and offer funding to make it possible! Thx @maggiemacintosh.bsky.social winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... via @WinnipegNews

Death, Dying, and Disrespect: Failing to Honor Voices due to Systemic Barriers and Medicalization of End-of-Life Care. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/... @pallonccop.bsky.social @ascocancer.bsky.social #PallOnc #hpm #hapc @ethicsdoctorp.bsky.social

Was sent this article by @iwashyna.bsky.social by a trainee colleague after we diagnosed acute dying I’d read it before, but the quote in the concluding paragraph still stuns “A dying person needs to die like an exhausted person needs to sleep” https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7640621/

The end of life doesn't need to be scary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LN1...

Sometimes we don't know what we need to ask. Jon can help! youtu.be/SmsAq63GPVs

Been enjoying the health benefits for some time now

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I am just gonna leave this here. Just in anyone wonders whether tariffs could have stopped the great depression youtu.be/uhiCFdWeQfA?...

Fact checking is one of the most important roles of journalism. If CTV wont fulfill this role, they become little more than horse-race analysts, not newscasters @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social

Fact checking is one of the most important roles of journalism. If CTV wont fulfill this role, they become little more than horse-race analysts, not newscasters

In case any Americans are unclear about how seriously Canadians are taking all the 51st state threats. Your media needs to be more clear; your govt is attempting a hostile takeover if a sovereign country, a good neighbour who has come to the aid of the U.S. many times over.

ICU: Integrating Palliative Care toolkit >> ow.ly/9Nn650UZFSw Find resources including standards for #ICU #palliative care, tools to make the case, practical guidance on model design, tools for identifying patients, and more. #hpm #hapc

Jon is a friend a colleague. This will be a great resource for lots of folks

Ashlee was last seen in downtown Winnipeg in March 2022.

Once again, reality disguised as a story from The Onion

Here is your uplifting Canadian palete cleanser for today youtube.com/shorts/ih5Gu...