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Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Hannah Gibson, MBChB
May 2023
... were recorded among those experiencing homelessness.[ 5 ] People who are homeless also experience low levels of ... 11 ] and showed that overall health care expenditures for people who had been homeless were significantly lower after ... supportive housing as “an effective intervention for people with complex health and social needs . . . ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Michelle Ng, MD, CCFP
June 2023
... Service Pilot Project and compares this with the number of people in BC who described each language as their only mother ... 3.6% (n = 838). For all of BC, the number of calls per 100 people with limited English proficiency was 15.1. Vancouver had 46.9 calls per 100 people with limited English proficiency, followed by Nanaimo ...
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. ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Brendan Tao, BHSc
March 2023
... lifetime.[ 1 ] However, psychosis is far more common among people who use drugs, including 10% of cannabinoid users, ... services in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people who use drugs returned to or escalated their substance ... increasing rates of substance use, especially stimulants, people who use drugs are increasingly at risk for ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
May 2023
... reassure my patients that miscarriage is not their fault. People cannot be blamed for a pregnancy loss because they ... I think that miscarriage, like any loss, can affect people differently. I encourage my patients who have endured ... the faster we will reduce the shame and stigma that people face when Mother Nature errs. My heart goes out to ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: James R. Gray, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2023
... thus reflecting the presentation of this cancer in younger people.[ 5 ] Some estimates suggest that within the next ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP
May 2023
... when clinically advantageous. Children, older adults, and people with disabilities may not have the inspiratory flows ...
Editorials /
BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH
December 2023
Drug poisoning is the leading cause of death among people aged 10 to 59 in BC and takes six lives per day in the ... harms in BC. Due to stigma and risk of legal punishment, people using drugs often avoid contact with the health care ... relative to the need. While approximately 100 000 people in BC have diagnosed opioid use disorder, and as many ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Patricia M. Massel, MD
June 2023
... and additive fears . . . are pretty distressing for people.” Recommendations Health care providers need ... provided by the BC SUPPORT (British Columbia Support for People and Patient-Oriented Research and Trials) Unit. This ...