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Shared Care Committee / BY: Jiwei Li, MD March 2022
Good news: people are healthier and living longer. However, if a ... As our elderly population increases, so does the number of people living with frailty. It is projected that well over 2 ...
Editorials / BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC January/February 2022
... of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People-7 [ 2 ] diagnoses are based on the distress of ... of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People ( www.wpath.org/publications/soc ), which articulates ... of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People-7 . With version 8, it is anticipated that the term ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2021
... times and have a hard time hiding this fact. So, do I help people, or do they stay with me because they don’t really ... However, my patients and family members will tell me what people have posted: one guy gave me terrible scores in all ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2021
... were directed toward the often-marginalized population of people who use drugs and the overdose crisis. Forgive me for ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB October 2021
... from worry). It isn’t only thanks to having some special people in my life. I believe that many of us are starting to ... nevertheless frustrated, like the rest of you, that some people are choosing to remain unvaccinated. We have all heard ... working at a vaccine clinic recently, I reassured some people, tongue in cheek, that the vaccine they were receiving ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2021
... Significant numbers of vaccine refusals are likely as people worry about potential adverse health outcomes. ... terrible virus. It is estimated that roughly 300 million people died from smallpox in the 20th century. Its case ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD December 2021
... and has reinforced my belief in the underlying goodness of people. On a broader level, I have been so impressed with the ...
Editorials / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... that of failure to provide relief from suffering for people living with severe pain or shortness of breath. Access ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD July/August 2021
... in the matter. He was renamed without his approval. Many people have names that could be considered difficult to ... despite us living in a multicultural world, there are many people of different races and ethnicities who shorten or ... name to fit in. However, by transforming their name, these people essentially lose their identity. I recently listened ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB January/February 2021
... those of us who do to keep them safe. I suspect that the people who do not wear masks are also the people who do not avoid gatherings. Do they do so out of ... illness. The pandemic has also brought out the best in people. So many health care workers and frontline workers of ...