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Karin Kerfoot

It Matters Who Is in Charge: Of All People, That Man Should Not Have Decided My Fate

To save time, doctors often use only the bare minimum of information to describe a patient. For example, ‘Ms. H is a 33-year-old single…

9 min readNov 8, 2021

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It Matters Who Is in Charge: Of All People, That Man Should Not Have Decided My Fate

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Karin Kerfoot

If Patient Safety is Important to Medical Regulators, Physician Well-Being Can’t Be Ignored

I’ve started some of my previous pieces with a vignette — a short story that I used to introduce and illustrate the main point of the rest…

10 min readAug 15, 2021

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If Patient Safety is Important to Medical Regulators, Physician Well-Being Can’t Be Ignored

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Karin Kerfoot

The House Always Wins: I Was Ready to Defend Myself, but Then They Made Sure That I Couldn’t

I previously wrote a piece to try to explain why I, as a physician who was accused of abusing a patient, didn’t defend myself against my…

10 min readMay 5, 2021

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The House Always Wins: I Was Ready to Defend Myself, but Then They Made Sure That I Couldn’t

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Karin Kerfoot

How the Closed-Door Practices of Medical Regulators Contribute to Physician Suicide

I’ll never forget the day that I received the letter from my professional regulator, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario…

7 min readMar 30, 2021

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How the Closed-Door Practices of Medical Regulators Contribute to Physician Suicide

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Karin Kerfoot

Vignette: Even Without His Knife, My Abuser Still Hunts Me

The most dangerous and frightening time for a victim of abuse is when she tries to escape from her abuser.

4 min readJan 27, 2021

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Vignette: Even Without His Knife, My Abuser Still Hunts Me

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Karin Kerfoot

Long Before I Had a Name for It, I Experienced Coercive Control

~November 2017

6 min readJan 11, 2021

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Long Before I Had a Name for It, I Experienced Coercive Control

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Karin Kerfoot

The Cost of Silence

The last several years of my life have been about putting it back together.

6 min readDec 4, 2020

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The Cost of Silence

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Karin Kerfoot

Shattered

I am standing in my garage, both hands gripping a hammer. My old cell phone sits on a bench in front of me. I HATE this phone. This…

5 min readOct 10, 2020

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Shattered

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Karin Kerfoot

Power

“As the doctor, you were the one with all the power.”

7 min readAug 29, 2020

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Power

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Karin Kerfoot

Fire

This morning is no different from so many before; I feel lost. The extensive schedule I’ve generated to keep myself busy doesn’t replace…

4 min readAug 5, 2020

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Fire

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Karin Kerfoot

Karin Kerfoot

Psychiatrist turned yogini, writer & educator. Survivor of sexual violence & systemic injustice. I write about gender-based violence & medical regulation.

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