Welcome to The Perspective, a new forum where The Hospital for Sick Children’s leaders, clinicians, researchers, patients and families and other members of the SickKids community offer their unique perspectives on paediatric health-care issues which are making news. Through The Perspective our contributors will offer their point of view on a wide range of issue that affect the health and well-being of children.
Intersection of the pain crisis and the opioid crisis (Wednesday, April 11, 2018)
Drs. Fiona Campbell and Lisa Isaac, staff anesthesiologists at SickKids, give their perspective on the intersection of pain and the opioid crisis.
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Drs. Fiona Campbell and Lisa Isaac, staff anesthesiologists at SickKids, give their perspective on the intersection of pain and the opioid crisis.
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Creating communities of practice for epilepsy (Monday, March 26, 2018)
On Purple Day, Drs. Donner and Snead, paediatric neurologists with a focus on epilepsy, give their perspective on the impact of the disorder and how their new program will help spread awareness.
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On Purple Day, Drs. Donner and Snead, paediatric neurologists with a focus on epilepsy, give their perspective on the impact of the disorder and how their new program will help spread awareness.
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International Women’s Day 2018: Claudia Schauer’s global child health journey (Wednesday, March 7, 2018)
Claudia Schauer is managing director of the Home Fortification Technical Advisory Group (HF-TAG), whose Secretariat is held at the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health (C-GCH). This International Women's Day, she discusses her global child health journey.
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Claudia Schauer is managing director of the Home Fortification Technical Advisory Group (HF-TAG), whose Secretariat is held at the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health (C-GCH). This International Women's Day, she discusses her global child health journey.
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Social workers change lives one question at a time (Wednesday, March 7, 2018)
In honour of Social Work Week, social worker Sara Marlowe, Division of Neurology, gives her perspective on the importance of the questions we ask.
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In honour of Social Work Week, social worker Sara Marlowe, Division of Neurology, gives her perspective on the importance of the questions we ask.
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Why humanitarian and academic organizations should be working together (Wednesday, February 7, 2018)
For Canada’s International Development Week, Dr. Stanley Zlotkin, Chief of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, and Dr. Salim Sohani, Director of Global Health at the Canadian Red Cross, share how and why their organizations are working together to improve the lives of women, children, newborns and adolescents globally.
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For Canada’s International Development Week, Dr. Stanley Zlotkin, Chief of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, and Dr. Salim Sohani, Director of Global Health at the Canadian Red Cross, share how and why their organizations are working together to improve the lives of women, children, newborns and adolescents globally.
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The power of peer support in health care (Wednesday, January 31, 2018)
On "Bell Let's Talk" Day, Kelly McNaughton, Manager of the Peer Support Program at SickKids, gives her perspective on the stress, fatigue and burnout that affect health-care professionals, and how The Peer Support and Trauma Program can help.
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On "Bell Let's Talk" Day, Kelly McNaughton, Manager of the Peer Support Program at SickKids, gives her perspective on the stress, fatigue and burnout that affect health-care professionals, and how The Peer Support and Trauma Program can help.
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