Making a difference
Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
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In 2016, Dr. Sarah de Leeuw wrote a series of monthly cover stories for Canadian Family Physician (CFP). These stories feature anecdotes and real world examples of initiatives being undertaken by physicians across Canada who are making a difference in how health care services and programs are delivered. Topics discussed include rethinking how access to health services can be improved in rural and remote regions, such as telehealth (January) and rural maternity care (July); changing the ways in which health care services are provided to patients, including patient-centred care (March), residential hospice care for palliative patients (August), and interprofessional partnerships in health (October); considering the determinants of health in health care, including poverty (April), climate change (May), and social justice (December); changing how health evidence is gathered and used so that is more relevant to local context (February, September); and delivering innovative health care, including an example of a model which promotes men’s mental health holistically, in the streets and out of doctors’ offices (June) and one using creative expression for well-being and social intervention (November).
Each of these stories touches on topics either directly or indirectly relevant to Indigenous populations, and each highlights the diverse roles health practitioners can play in promoting health and well-being for marginalized populations, from advocacy and activism, to personal reflection on how the relationship between health care providers and patients can be changed.
Read the CFP 2017 cover stories | Health Arts Research Centre | UNBC: Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
Citations
de Leeuw, S. (2016). Indigenous relationships, logging roads and first class medicine. Canadian Family Physician, 62(1), 68-71.
de Leeuw, S. (2016). Real-life research: 6for6 and rural family practice. Canadian Family Physician, 62(2), 156-9.
de Leeuw, S. (2016). The heart of being alive. Canadian Family Physician, 62(3), 246-9.
de Leeuw, S. (2016). Physician activism and prescribing against poverty. Canadian Family Physician, 62(4), 332-5.
de Leeuw, S. (2016). Beyond frozen ground: Climate change and health. Canadian Family Physician, 62(5), 424-7.
de Leeuw, S. (2016). Leather vests and circles of men’s health and well-being. Canadian Family Physician, 62(6), 504-7.
de Leeuw, S. (2016). The missing of mums and babes: Addressing Canada’s rural maternity care crisis. Canadian Family Physician, 62(7), 580-3.
de Leeuw, S. (2016). A family way of dying: The story of a residential palliative care facility. Canadian Family Physician, 62(8), 660-3.
de Leeuw, S. (2016). Laughing alongside the best of evidence: Family physicians change ideas about tools, knowledge, practice, and medicine. Canadian Family Physician, 62(9), 744-7.
de Leeuw, S. (2016). Precious and coveted as diamonds: Toronto’s Nanny Angel Network. Canadian Family Physician, 62(10), 833-3.
de Leeuw, S. (2016). A fine, fine balancing act: Circus creativity and medicine. Canadian Family Physician, 62(11), 922-5.
de Leeuw, S. (2016). Aiming at the right things: Reflections on public health care, community, and social accountability. Canadian Family Physician, 62(12), 1000-3.