Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations.
- Sir William Osler, 1903
Should equanimity be so widely praised for all physicians?
- Howard Spiro, 1992
Do physicians go too placidly amid the noise and haste? Have your opinions ever landed you in politics, or in a pickle? There's always room for another view in The Left Atrium. We welcome submissions of unpublished poetry, memoir and fiction. The writing should be candid, but patient confidentiality must be respected. A sense of humour never hurts, and anonymity is an option. In general, prose manuscripts should be limited to 1000 words and poems to 75 lines. Send your rants, your ravings and your recipes for reform to todkia{at}cma.ca