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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 ...
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 ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC October 2023
... editorial. Feminism means different things to different people. It can be alienating and polarizing, particularly to ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patrick Ho Pun Wong, MD, FRCPC June 2022
... B has a worldwide prevalence of more than 250 million people.[ 2 ] Areas with high endemicity include Asia, Africa, ... and parts of South America. In Canada, up to 480 000 people may be infected.[ 3 , 4 ] The population groups with ... include immigrants from endemic countries, Indigenous people, and people who inject drugs.[ 4 ] In BC, local ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) December 2022
... Navy captain James Cook was greeted by the Nuu-chah-nulth people in the place currently known as Nootka Sound, setting ... justice. The notion that past harms against Indigenous people should be atoned for reflects an intrinsically ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rahel Zewude, MD May 2022
... site of inoculation, diffuse rash, or new visual symptoms; people with reported contact to syphilis; or pregnant ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD October 2022
... formula supply as well, given our close proximity and many people crossing the border to look for formula. The lack of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: barbara findlay, MA, LLB, QC March 2022
... the privacy of the care provider, the patient, and other people adjacent to the main players. In a recent complaint ... College of Psychologists be allowed to redact the names of people who had written unsolicited letters of support for the ... of medical care. Research has shown that transgender people avoid seeking medical care because they are not ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM June 2022
... population ranged from 49.7 to 121.3 in 2019,[ 18 ] most people with such a rash will have Lyme disease. However, in ... is warranted. Basic laboratory testing, as recommended for people with chronic fatigue, includes a complete blood count ...