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Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD June 2023
... of modern medicine? These selfless, understanding, loving people are there when we get home from a long, unpredictable ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2023
Dr Arthur Brooks teaches people to be happy. He is a Harvard professor and author ... Dr Raymond Cattell ( https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/raymond-cattell ). Fluid intelligence peaks in early ... work wherein you earn your success and you serve other people.” I pushed him on this in our discussion, thinking ...
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: 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 ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Amritpal Maniani, BSc April 2023
... fentanyl, we wanted carfentanil.” (Participant 6) “People are shocked when I say this. I’ve lost count of the ... risks of overdose. This qualitative study suggests that people who use illicit opioid drugs rely on their support ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... with beta-carotene possibly increasing lung cancer risk in people who smoke or are exposed to asbestos. Regarding single ... their conclusions do not apply to children, hospitalized people, or those with a chronic illness or nutritional ... appealing targets for any intervention intended to improve people’s lives. Canadians spend over $4 billion[ 5 ] ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC October 2023
... editorial. Feminism means different things to different people. It can be alienating and polarizing, particularly to ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD January/February 2023
The In Plain Sight report recognized that Indigenous people experience racism in our health care system. The ... biased behavior without shaming the other person. Shaming people is not an effective social justice or educational ... But when I read a couple comments about how “stupid” people are, I didn’t end up posting the comment or reaching ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2023
... reassure my patients that miscarriage is not their fault. People cannot be blamed for a pregnancy loss because they ... I think that miscarriage, like any loss, can affect people differently. I encourage my patients who have endured ... the faster we will reduce the shame and stigma that people face when Mother Nature errs. My heart goes out to ...
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. ...