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Paul Adams

Paul Adams writes regularly for iPolitics and teaches journalism at Carleton University.
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Health

How Literature Can Lead to Better Health Care

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 - by Paul Adams

Doctors face constant pressure to be resilient. Can the arts address the deeper problems that self-care can’t?

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The End: How We Die Now

Why Quality of Life Matters, Even in Your Final Hours

May 29, 2019July 9, 2019 - by Paul Adams

With right-to-die legislation offering a new way out of pain, what’s the role of palliative care today?

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Health

The Reality of Facing Cancer

December 19, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Paul Adams

Patients are expected to trust in their strength of character and hope for a miracle. My wife had a different approach.

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Politics / September 2005

Revenge of the Small

September 12, 2005May 7, 2020 - by Paul Adams

After a lifetime of two-party rule in Ottawa, the little guys are finally winning

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February 2005 / Politics

A Vote for Democracy in Palestine

February 12, 2005July 16, 2019 - by Paul Adams

Despite everything, the would-be voters came

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Cover of the Mar/Apr issue of The Walrus magazine. Mar/Apr 2021

Double issue: declaring your data at the border, the Group of Seven 100 years later, an Indigenous-led camp for unhoused people in Edmonton, death in the age of Facebook, and quitting America for good.

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