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Send us a textIn this narrative, Dr. Donald Weaver takes his dad to the Alzheimer clinic for a check-up. He meets funny characters along the way.Dr. Weaver is a neurologist and director of the Krembil Research Institute in Toronto, Ontario. His Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is called "In the Alzheimer waiting room."To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180320-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This anthology of prose and poetry of some 100 Canadian authors including Drs. David Goldbloom, Shane Neilson, Allan Peterkin and Monica Kidd, has been specially curated and includes a study guide. https://shop.cma.ca/products/encounters-----------------------------------To request a transcript of this podcast, contact cmajgroup@cmaj.caSubscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud