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Letters / BY: John Dale, MD, May 2010
... her conclusion, “Worst of all, legalized euthanasia puts people who are suffering and vulnerable at risk, and no legal ...
Letters May 2010
... that if you shout a message loud enough and long enough, people will believe it no matter how utterly illogical it may ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Paul K.B. Dagg, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2010
... that we encounter on a regular basis in transporting people with psychiatric illness within the province of BC ... care in our PICU, adult, and geriatric programs for people from throughout the northern and southern interiors of ... of our providing tertiary services we provide care for people who cannot be cared for in general hospitals in their ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Megan Isaac-Renton, BSc, July/August 2010
... hunters, trappers, and those who handle ill wild animals. People working with sheep have been reported to be at high ... infected animal.  Infection can be prevented by educating people at high risk (animal handlers, trappers, and farmers ... and to insect vectors that harbor disease) and encouraging people to avoid exposure to insects in endemic areas. Because ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC March 2010
... after the procedure. The radiation exposure to other people is very low; for example, the total dose of radiation ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... effect. The placebo effect has been proven to make some people feel better, decreasing their anxiety, pain, and ...
Letters / BY: George Kljajic, MD, November 2009
... to inspire and motivate citizens of BC—especially young people—to build their health on healthy habits. After these ... best legacy we could leave would be improved health of all people in BC. This is a great opportunity and now is the time ...
Letters / BY: Gavin Stuart, MD, Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine, April 2009
The Faculty of Medicine, now numbering 3600 people across the pro­vince, includes those who are ...
Letters / BY: Albert W. Chan, MD, FRCPC, November 2009
... other among average surgical-risk patients.  While few people ever challenge the wisdom of treating asymptomatic ... in the CEA literature.  Similarly, in the past, few people ever challenged the surgeons to do combined cardiac ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, May 2009
... the number of cases was already declining as a result of people leaving the area, Snow managed to reduce the number ... had numerous such organisms in their stools and healthy people did not. He described a “comma-shaped bacillus” ... But these factors are a gigantic challenge for millions of people living in pov­erty around the world. Thousands of ...