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News July/August 2020
... people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and the health care professionals, families, and others who support ... recovery, offering readers information on the types of health services and support that are available. The guide, ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM July/August 2020
... from sick or quarantined staff. To be clear, individual health care staff are not at fault. Many continue to work ... they have cared. Prior to the pandemic, the BC Ministry of Health had increased the number of hours at care facilities ... inability to see their loved ones, worrying about their health and well-being, and being unable to supplement care. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2020
... of COVID-19 is concerning in BC, where an ongoing public health emergency was declared in April 2016 related to high ... opportunities to connect patients with counseling, mental health, and social housing options, and to provide safer ... recent BC risk mitigation guidelines recommend that health care providers offer pharmaceutical replacements for ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Lorne David Porayko, MD, FRCPC, CIM July/August 2020
... Your most precious assets are your family, your health, and your time. Guard them, invest in them, and ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Abe Zacharias, MD, FRCPC July/August 2020
... this, we returned to Ninette and stayed there until the health authorities would declare us “safe to resume public ... strangers. I had some deep-seated fears: for my future health, of facing the outside world again, and that my ... promised land of medicine—would indeed come true. Public health principles stand the test of time During this COVID-19 ...
Premise / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC July/August 2020
... within our collective and individual powers to improve the health care inequity that our Black patients face. The phrase ... 23 out of a possible 1921 papers they examined included health data specific to Black women. The authors wrote that Black women in Canada faced barriers to health care predominantly related to lower screening rates ...
Premise / BY: Marjorie Dixon, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, REI July/August 2020
... to care. We have learned that in order to receive equal health care opportunities, we must advocate loudly for ... were concerned as they presented with a host of women’s health and fertility issues. I did my best to “be the ... my compatriots to not be ignored, that their race-specific health issues mattered. But when it came to me—looking like ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jan Klimas, MSc, PhD September 2020
... of opioid or other substance use disorders, certain mental health disorders (e.g., personality disorder, somatoform ... increases the risk of adverse opioid-related health care events among those who already receive opioid ... systematic review sponsored by the National Institutes of Health reported a dose-dependent risk of serious harm from ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Kristopher T. Kang, MD September 2020
... as a vulnerable population during disasters and public health emergencies such as pandemics.[ 1 , 2 ] Despite this, ... and child maltreatment can have long-term effects on child health and development.[ 8 , 9 ] At baseline, maltreatment is ... offer support, and promote children’s overall health, development, and safety. With the potential for ...
Obituaries / BY: Brian Day, MB September 2020
... is credited with keeping the team at an optimal level of health and fitness during the marathon journey to winning the ...