Just Be Human

About the episode

Anna Mehler Paperny talks to Jillian Horton about mental health care in Canada and her own observations - both as journalist and patient. Anna Mehler Paperny is a reporter and the author of the book Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me, which was a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writer's Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Anna is a reporter at Reuters and has worked at The Globe and Mail and Global News. She has reported from Guantanamo Bay and Haiti and won an investigative journalism award for a series exploring deaths in Canadian prisons. Arts, Medicine and #Life is a series, hosted by internist, writer, musician and award-winning medical educator Dr. Jillian Horton, that features world-renowned doctors speaking about their area of interest and expertise on far-ranging topics in health and wellness. Join us for an intimate look at the deeply human and arts-related aspects of being a physician, where we will be offering hopeful personal narratives that can help us find a way forward.