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Editorials /
BY: Terri Aldred, MD
January/February 2023
The In Plain Sight report recognized that Indigenous people experience racism in our health care system. The ... biased behavior without shaming the other person. Shaming people is not an effective social justice or educational ... But when I read a couple comments about how “stupid” people are, I didn’t end up posting the comment or reaching ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Jennifer E. Nuk, MSc, CGC, CCGC
July/August 2023
... patients with higher polyp counts at younger ages.[ 21 ] People who have 10 or more adenomas in the colon but no ... variant in BMPR1A or SMAD4 in approximately half of people who have a clinical diagnosis of juvenile polyposis ...
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: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
October 2023
... editorial. Feminism means different things to different people. It can be alienating and polarizing, particularly to ...
Letters /
BY: Darren Jakubec, MD
June 2023
... the existing system. I truly believe it would benefit more people, regardless of income. —Darren Jakubec, MD Smithers ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Back Page /
BY: Tej K. Khalsa, MD, MSc, FRCPC
January/February 2023
... in a decline in hopefulness.[ 1 ] In 2021–2022, 64% of people in Canada were hopeful about the future, down from 75% ... hopefulness has been outmatched by British Columbia, where people have experienced a more marked decline of 14%. The ... to me that the vast majority of transgender and nonbinary people do not feel hopeful about the future.[ 1 ] In my ...
Editorials /
BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD
April 2023
... the beginning of a meeting or event that acknowledge the people and nations who culturally and physically inhabited a ... of reconciliation—correctly pronouncing names of the people and the lands, sharing details of historical context ... impacts are real and worrisome, especially in younger people. In any emergency, physicians have agency and ethical ...