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Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB October 2023
... Our medical office receives countless calls every day from people trying to find a family physician and asking if any of ... I made a difficult personal decision, which some people call the worst financial decision a person can make. ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD September 2023
... and implement the health-care rights of Aboriginal people as identified in international law, constitutional ... address the jurisdictional disputes concerning Aboriginal people who do not reside on reserves, we call upon the ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD April 2023
... identify them, then we can become unsustainable, both as people and as professionals. When we step away from our ...
Letters / BY: Rod Densmore, MD December 2023
... need to identify, diagnose, and appropriately support people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and their ... families. We need to become FASD aware. When we diagnose people with FASD we can also learn about their family and ... (FASD), and to develop, in collaboration with Aboriginal people, FASD preventive programs that can be delivered in a ...
Back Page / BY: David May, MD, CCFP October 2023
... play in qathet, on the traditional lands of the Tla'amin people. The name “qathet” was gifted to the then Powell ... dominant culture decide whether the harms done to Tla'amin people and our rights outweigh their attachment to ...
Obituaries / BY: F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC June 2023
... of Connie Moore. Morley was a humble man who put people at ease and a loyal, staunch friend and confidant. He ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... settler on the territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking people in Victoria, where I’ve spent the last year, and ... if not a lifetime.” There are lots of predictors of why people do rural medicine; for me, it was a combination of ... generalism but also a ton to do with being connected to people, which I’ve always really enjoyed. Is there a story ...
Premise / BY: R. Eric Demers, BSc, CCPA, CD September 2023
... population is concentrated in 5% of the land mass.[ 1 ] People living in rural and remote communities often have to ... of health in at-risk populations, including Indigenous people, who have a higher rural representation. Policies ... system-wide innovations when there are shortages of people to fill roles; national coordination of professional ...
Proust for Physicians April 2023
... about how trust is established and maintained between people and organizations. What is your greatest regret? I ... care on reserve to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. I was humbled to receive this gift, as it helped me ... Perfect. Work hard, play harder. If you can’t change the people, then you need to change the people. How would you ...
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 ...