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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 ...
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 December 2023
Dr Arthur Brooks teaches people to be happy. He is a Harvard professor and author ... Dr Raymond Cattell ( https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/raymond-cattell ). Fluid intelligence peaks in early ... work wherein you earn your success and you serve other people.” I pushed him on this in our discussion, thinking ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: Michelle Hawkins, BSc (Hons) September 2023
... Letters “Health” requires more than health care for people in supportive housing ...
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 ...
Premise / BY: Jan Hajek, MD October 2023
... large extent within their jurisdiction.” Our concern for people faced with unjust oppression or systemic violence ... on well-planned plant-based diets.[ 7 ] Yes, there are people in the world who still depend on raising animals like cows for their sustenance. There are also people who currently depend on the trade of endangered wild ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD June 2023
... I come, and I appreciate the privilege I hold having these people in my life. In my human doing, I am a family ... as physicians whose profession lies in healing and helping people, it is important that we understand the impact of colonialism and its lasting effects on Indigenous people’s health and well-being. We should, as encouraged by ...