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MDs To Be / BY: Tristan Jeffery, BSc October 2021
... on research, often relational, being inclusive of people’s experiences, spirituality, and culture. Western ... together two ways of knowing to allow a diverse group of people to use all understandings to improve the world. ... has since been used in research projects with Indigenous people across a variety of disciplines, but applications vary ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... and youth. Among 10- to 17-year-old Canadians, 2140 young people were hospitalized due to self-poisoning during the ... provide free mental health services for children and young people up to 18 years old in BC, although a 2019 BC Coroners ... administered to a large representative sample of young people age 14 to 21 in Victoria, BC, in 2003 and 2005, 17% of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC November 2021
... but the principles of cancer pain management apply to people living with many other serious chronic illnesses.[ 2 ] ... to loss of autonomy and the ability do the things that people used to enjoy, and because of fear of a painful ...
MDs To Be / BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc May 2021
... Seniors Council estimate that approximately 50% of people over the age of 80 report feelings of loneliness.[ 6 ] ... 18 ] In Fujisawa, Japan, Aoi Care houses elderly people with dementia, and is unique in that its residents ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... through the bowel, but this makes them well tolerated in people on dialysis or with significant renal failure.[ 8 , 9 ... suited to Patient A’s pharmacogenomics. Up to 25% of people have polymorphisms in the genes that control opioid ... rate of ultrarapid metabolism at 21%, and Europeans and people of Jewish lineage have the highest rate of poor ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2021
... surgery.[ 8 ] While prescreening can identify some people who are at increased risk of harboring COVID-19 ... prevalence rates, without preoperative testing, infected people will undergo elective surgery and have an increased ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jan Klimas, MSc, PhD September 2020
... opioid medications in the province. More than 80% of people who use heroin say they started with prescription ...
MDs To Be / BY: Anita Weng, BSc December 2020
The opioid overdose crisis continues to affect people in all parts of Canada. Between January 2016 and ... published interim clinical guidance on how to protect people who use drugs from COVID-19 by offering OAT initiation ... 1200 new admissions in the last fiscal year. Conclusion People in rural and remote communities continue to experience ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Kristopher T. Kang, MD September 2020
... each other through the pandemic. There are many ways that people can help, such as: Staying connected to family and ...
Obituaries / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC September 2020
... never to return to Tunisia or have contact with people there. He was able to support himself in Paris by ...