Sue RobinsMar 244 minOska Bright: A week of belonging“I tell him I have value. Over and over and over.” -Jamie Hale, poet In early March, we had the privilege of accompanying our son Aaron...
Sue RobinsFeb 213 minCheers to All the Family DoctorsI nominated our family physician for an award last year. Sadly, she didn’t win this well-deserved recognition, but I made sure to send...
Sue RobinsFeb 213 minCaregiving for LoveTaking care of another human being is the most honourable job on Earth. Caregiving is also devalued, unrecognized and unsupported. There...
Sue RobinsFeb 1511 minA Series on Patient AdvocacyThis series of 4 essays was originally posted on LinkedIn, based on my Levels of Advocacy diagram for patient and family advocates. A....
Sue RobinsDec 28, 20235 minIf You Build It and They Don’t Come: The Story of Give a Duck Naively, when I began advocacy twenty years ago, I envisioned a cycle of quality improvement where things only got better. I never...
Sue RobinsNov 21, 20232 minWho Cares for the Patient Advocates?I've been thinking about a recent article written by Lisa Machado called Canada’s Advocates are Burning Out. I'm grateful to Lisa for...
Sue RobinsOct 4, 20233 minWay Beyond Textbook LearningI recently had the opportunity to review case studies about Down syndrome that are used to teach medical students. My main response was:...
Sue RobinsSep 28, 20232 minBeauty as a Social Determinant of HealthYears ago at a health conference I heard a nun who worked in Winnipeg’s North End say, “Beauty should be a social determinant of health.”...
Sue RobinsAug 15, 20233 minAgainst Sickness ShamingThere are many euphemisms for being sick: under the weather, unwell, out of sorts. When I had cancer, many people whispered the word...