Department: Writing + Reviews

Mark did some research and found that in polls of public trust, doctors rate high – personally, however, he's not so sure.

RN and paramedic Betsy Gertz could photograph any subject, but she chooses to photograph children, the elderly, and the terminally ill.

Ivan Horbak, Edna Leary, and Charlie Wentworth … can Cheri make the connection?

A blue sweater, a ham sandwich, a drug handbook … and a dead nurse.

In this excerpt from Cortney Davis's remarkable book I Knew a Woman, the nurse practitioner provides insight into her own close call with cancer.

Did you know that beauty can be calculated as: (1 + √5)/2?

We've all had to do it. Cortney Davis has her own strategy.

Witnessing unnecessary pain and death and not being able to help is overwhelming for every healthcare worker. Bonnie Jarvis-Lowe, a nurse, recalls one of those times, when all she could do was ask "Why?"

A doctor reflects on becoming a patient with a life-threatening illness.

The lives and separations of conjoined twins should be anything but entertaining. In the past, they were put in freak shows, and, today, they still garner sensational front-page stories.

Mentally ill, but with the eye of an artist.

The nurse knows that sometimes the elderly patients want to talk just to hear another voice confirming their ties to humanity.

Nursing in Canada's far north is full of adventures. Read some first-hand accounts from nurses.