Gary Bloch
@garybloch.bsky.social
Family doc. Toronto. Social interventions. Social change.
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📖 Read more about how physicians like Dr. Grace Park and Dr. @garybloch.bsky.social, and community systems are working together to tackle social determinants of health—from @fraserhealth.ca to St. Michael's Hospital @unityhealthto.bsky.social and beyond.
April 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
📖 Read more about how physicians like Dr. Grace Park and Dr. @garybloch.bsky.social, and community systems are working together to tackle social determinants of health—from @fraserhealth.ca to St. Michael's Hospital @unityhealthto.bsky.social and beyond.
Reposted by Gary Bloch
Social prescribing can offer a timely, practical response to the constraints on time, resources, or support that clinicians often face. It can be a useful means of addressing nonmedical drivers of health. @garybloch.bsky.social www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Social Prescribing Is Easing Clinicians’ Load in Canada
Social prescribing is making inroads across Canada, integrating healthcare, social services, and community support to benefit patients and lighten clinicians’ workloads.
www.medscape.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Social prescribing can offer a timely, practical response to the constraints on time, resources, or support that clinicians often face. It can be a useful means of addressing nonmedical drivers of health. @garybloch.bsky.social www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Civil disobedience by doctors should be respected not censured! theconversation.com/doctors-shou...
Doctors should take part in acts of civil disobedience to advocate for patients
As the world continues to witness wars and climate-related disasters impacting the lives and well-being of more people, the voices of doctors become increasingly vital.
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Civil disobedience by doctors should be respected not censured! theconversation.com/doctors-shou...
Our latest social intervention program: SEED (Support Equity Dignity Empowerment) for Seniors, focused on deep assessments of social need, connection to community services, and ultimately community empowerment and development. unityhealth.to/2024/12/soci...
This St. Michael’s Hospital program is using social prescribing to help older adults facing isolation
On a sunny fall day in Toronto, Sandesh Basnet is in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood for a meet-up. The bubbly, young, Nepali-Canadian knocks on the door and is greeted by a surprising companion: Edith…
unityhealth.to
December 18, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Our latest social intervention program: SEED (Support Equity Dignity Empowerment) for Seniors, focused on deep assessments of social need, connection to community services, and ultimately community empowerment and development. unityhealth.to/2024/12/soci...
A brilliant look at race and psychosis. In overturning assumptions, challenging institutions, drawing on evidence and in centering the voices and stories and impact of really smart racialized people affected by psychosis. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/m...
America’s Hidden Racial Divide: A Mysterious Gap in Psychosis Rates
Black Americans experience schizophrenia and related disorders at twice the rate of white Americans. It’s a disparity that has parallels in other cultures.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:18 PM
A brilliant look at race and psychosis. In overturning assumptions, challenging institutions, drawing on evidence and in centering the voices and stories and impact of really smart racialized people affected by psychosis. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/m...