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News March 2019
... University of British Columbia professor in the Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing, Kelowna, ... of living well with an awareness of dying. Robinson notes that globally there are 14.1 million new cancer cases ... with awareness of dying,” was published in Qualitative Health Research . It is available online at ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD November 2019
The Canadian Medical Association Statement on Physician Health and Wellness identifies physician health as a quality indicator in the overall functioning of ... pamphlet published by the Physician Health Program[ 3 ] notes that physician burnout is more prevalent and more ...
News October 2019
... and then submit to the European Medicines Agency and Health Canada. The trials considered in the approvals are usually the same. Dr Loree also notes that they weren’t able to analyze the participation ...
Editorials / BY: Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS March 2018
... for breast cancer of 88%,[ 1 ] while an American source notes that patients with stage I disease are currently felt ... Brenda Lau, and Alan Nichol use their experience in Fraser Health and the Provincial Health Services Authority to address some of the physical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elizabeth Taylor, MD, FRCSC June 2018
... examination,[ 3 ] while the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) notes that miscarriages can cause considerable distress.[ 4 ] ... observed in 10% of women with recurrent miscarriage. The health and receptivity of the endometrium is intimately ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP June 2018
... I’m at work so late. If I leave before dictating all my notes and returning all my calls, then I feel guilty about ... right. That practising medicine should be good for our health too. That we need to channel our frustrations. That ... and advanced access and 24-7 imaging and digital health, all begging to be scaled. We have a new governance ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2018
... and banks are rarely used for banking. And yet, there’s health care. While we celebrate innovative successes such as ... if they use the same platform. Handwritten emergency room notes arrive by mail. Requests for health care services must be faxed on specified forms. When ...
Editorials / BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC November 2018
... or obese.[ 1 ] DC estimates that the cost to the BC health care system of diabetes-related hospitalizations, ... doing about the present danger and anticipated tsunami of health care costs? The Diabetes Charter for Canada[ 7 ] has ... conflicting recommendations for diabetes management and notes that Therapeutics Initiative messages disseminated to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Bidu, MBA December 2017
... I would be in the business of making other people’s health better. But that changed when I met Dr Eric Topol,[ 1 ] a cardiologist, geneticist, and digital health researcher at the Scripps Translational Science ... advisor to Google, calls it exponential acceleration and notes that the law of accelerating returns affects every ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tiffany Chan, MD, MHsc March 2017
... Clinical Research Ethics Board and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. All deceased-donor liver ... operative reports, radiology studies, outpatient clinic notes, and all available follow-up information obtained at ... of all cases. Despite limitations inherent when comparing health care systems and patient populations, a comparison of ...