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Clinical Articles /
BY: Gibong Lee, BSc(Pharm), MD,
July/August 2012
... is common in North America, with an estimated 2 million people identified as current (past month) users.[ 1 ] ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Alison Granger-Brown, MA,
December 2012
... Change; The Sweatlodge and the Sioux; The Potlatch and My People. The learners discussed personal journeys toward ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC
July/August 2012
... the biggest barrier to good pain management for the many people living and dying with chronic pain. Palliative care ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH
December 2012
... are Aboriginal.[ 7 ] Incarcerated adult Aboriginal people are generally younger, have less formal education, and ... to be unemployed than are incarcerated non-Aboriginal people.[ 8 ] The guiding principles of the 2003 World Health ... and positive HIV status.[ 54 ] In BC, an estimated 30% of people with substance abuse, mental illness, or both (SAMI) ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Nadia A. Khan, MSc, MD
October 2012
... (HOT) trial, which involved randomly assigning 18790 people to a DBP of 90 mm Hg or less, 85 mm Hg or less, and 80 ...
Proust for Physicians /
BY: Allan Seckel, BA(Hon), LLB, LLM,
January/February 2012
... I have never been one for hero worship. I tend to admire people with great courage, but often the greatest courage ... I would deplore it. What characteristic do your favorite people share? A sense of direction—a mission—and the ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Sterling Haynes, MD
December 2012
... 18th century, the society promoted the rescue of drowning people, and paid 4 guineas (about $160 today) to anyone who ... or smoldered as “bum cigars.” American First Nations people used tobacco as a medicine and pioneered the use of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC
October 2012
... practising today in our multicultural society must treat people from many different backgrounds. The beliefs and past ...
Proust for Physicians /
BY: Cathy Clelland, MD
March 2012
... misery? Hearing about the horrible things that some cruel people force their children to live through. Which historical ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD,
October 2012
... 0.86–0.97, P = .002) or 3.02 fewer admissions per 1000 people 65 years and older.[ 18 ] These results suggest that ...