Recent changes to the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act and other acts, which include the new legal status of advance directives in BC, are a reminder to both patients and... Read More
Alcohol-related crashes are the leading criminal cause of death in Canada.[1] It was estimated that in 2009, 976 people died in alcohol-related crashes in Canada.[2] Canada lags far behind comparable... Read More
“I understand what you’re saying… I just can’t remember it when I get home.” In stressful situations, and clinical encounters are often stressful for patients, even the most attentive will miss... Read More
Over the past 30 years we have observed the successive loss of penicillin, tetracycline, and fluoroquinolone antibiotics to reliably treat Neisseria gonorrhoeae due to drug resistance.[1]... Read More
Two forms of nonspecific low back pain are seen as major public health problems worldwide. These two conditions are low back pain (LBP), not attributable to a recognizable, specific pathology, and... Read More