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President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD September 2023
... and implement the health-care rights of Aboriginal people as identified in international law, constitutional ... address the jurisdictional disputes concerning Aboriginal people who do not reside on reserves, we call upon the ...
Letters / BY: Michelle Hawkins, BSc (Hons) September 2023
... Letters “Health” requires more than health care for people in supportive housing ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD May 2023
... but it does give me pause to think about how I recognize people in my professional life. Am I someone who takes a lot ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... with beta-carotene possibly increasing lung cancer risk in people who smoke or are exposed to asbestos. Regarding single ... their conclusions do not apply to children, hospitalized people, or those with a chronic illness or nutritional ... appealing targets for any intervention intended to improve people’s lives. Canadians spend over $4 billion[ 5 ] ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC April 2023
According to Statistics Canada, there are over 5.3 million people in British Columbia,[ 1 ] and nearly one-quarter of ... question: for a condition that affects nearly 1.3 million people in our province, why aren’t we talking more about ... diagnosis. It is a normal process in the lives of people with ovaries, wherein egg supplies have been depleted, ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB October 2023
... Our medical office receives countless calls every day from people trying to find a family physician and asking if any of ... I made a difficult personal decision, which some people call the worst financial decision a person can make. ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD June 2023
... of modern medicine? These selfless, understanding, loving people are there when we get home from a long, unpredictable ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2023
... increase.[ 3 , 4 ] Between January and December 2021, 7560 people died from opioid-related toxicity in Canada.[ 5 ] Gaps ... care affect youth Mental health concerns affect young people disproportionally. In BC, one in four young people live with a mental health or substance use disorder ...
Premise / BY: R. Eric Demers, BSc, CCPA, CD September 2023
... population is concentrated in 5% of the land mass.[ 1 ] People living in rural and remote communities often have to ... of health in at-risk populations, including Indigenous people, who have a higher rural representation. Policies ... system-wide innovations when there are shortages of people to fill roles; national coordination of professional ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Anton R. Miller, MBChB, FRCPC June 2023
... a centralized web-based resource primarily for the use of people engaged in navigational support work. Navigators want ...