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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…

Nov 8, 2021

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

Nov 8, 2021

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…

Aug 15, 2021

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

Aug 15, 2021

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…

May 5, 2021

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

May 5, 2021

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…

Mar 30, 2021

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

Mar 30, 2021

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.

Jan 27, 2021

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

Jan 27, 2021

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

~November 2017

Jan 11, 2021

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

Jan 11, 2021

The Cost of Silence

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

Dec 4, 2020

The Cost of Silence

Dec 4, 2020

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…

Oct 10, 2020

Shattered

Oct 10, 2020

Power

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

Aug 29, 2020

Power

Aug 29, 2020

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…

Aug 5, 2020

Fire

Aug 5, 2020

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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