Photography: Many Windows into Memories
Michael Gordon, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Medical Program Director, Palliative Care, Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
It was magical: the images coming to life at the bottom of the plastic tray filled with Kodak developer. First the blacks came and then the grays, as they coalesced into the picture I witnessed the excitement anticipated from scanning the negative and then the contact sheet that had all 24 pictures from the roll of film on it.
Post-test: Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada may claim MAINPRO-M2 Credits for this unaccredited educational program.
Pre-test: Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
How Vivid are Your Memories
Most health care professionals involved in eldercare have had the experience that some of those we look after seem to be able to recall past experiences with a degree of intensity that may be very disquieting and may even lead to what gets interpreted as agitated behaviour. These same individuals may have had the personal experience as I have from my own life experience, some memories; even those very distant, when recalled are almost as vivid as when they first occurred.
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Post-test: Basal Cell Carcinoma
Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada may claim MAINPRO-M2 Credits for this unaccredited educational program.
Pre-test: Basal Cell Carcinoma
Post-test: Frontal Sinus Pneumocele
Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada may claim MAINPRO-M2 Credits for this unaccredited educational program.
Pre-test: Frontal Sinus Pneumocele
The Wonders of Wood: Cognitive Impairment Not a Barrier
I returned from a medical conference overseas. As I entered the living room, I could see the small walnut side table my wife emailed me about while I was away. It was placed in front of the gas fireplace, next to my favourite "relax" chair and was the perfect colour and size to fit there, waiting for a cup of coffee, a portable phone and the controller for the small stereo next to it.