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President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) September 2013
... practice modalities, and communicate with many different people throughout the course of the day.  Professionalism is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rajala MD, FRCPC, April 2013
... the effects of poverty and poor working conditions on people. He attended medical school at Western Reserve ... information on how much energy was actually expended while people performed various tasks, he began going to workplaces ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD December 2012
... Christmas, we settle down to open presents. Like most people, I love the giving aspect of Christmas—the look on ... family fabric, bringing us together even when our favorite people move far away and at some point begin their own ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2012
... future over the next 25 to 30 years as the number of people in this age group is projected to increase to 24% by ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew J. Juren, MD, May 2012
... also shows im­provement with smoking cessation, even in people who have already developed symptoms. The forced ... them toward complete abstinence. Summary   Millions of people die prematurely each year as a result of smoking. ... health risks of smoking are well known, yet millions of people die prematurely each year due to the damaging effects ...
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 ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, May 2012
... grow, resulting in conflict. Conflict will arise when people are dependent on others in order to complete a task, ... individual needs are advocated over the needs of others. People who tend toward this style take a firm stand, know ... needs. •    Compromising is an approach in which people give and receive by trading off in an effort to at ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS January/February 2012
... number of general surgeons in Canada is 5.0 per 100 000 people.[ 1 ] In BC we currently have 4.0 general surgeons for every 100 000 people and the number has been as low as 3.3 in 2002.[ 1 ] The United States has 7.1 general surgeons per 100 000 people, which is much closer to the ideal number needed to ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD October 2012
... a long time ago, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed up in overalls and looks like ...