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President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD March 2021
... there is another reason why listening is so important. People do not want to follow people who don’t listen. It’s a fundamental human need to ... minutes per day to scan through the viewpoints of credible people, then I could get on with my life. I did have a good ...
Proust for Physicians March 2021
... What is your idea of perfect happiness? The experience of people coming together in mutual understanding and respect. ... I use the word colleague a lot. It’s intentional: I want people to understand that we are working toward something ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), JD, LLM, SJD March 2021
... governance structure to advance inclusion of First Nations people in health care design and decision making.[ * ] ... p. 8). The problem Racism is the belief that a group of people are inferior based on the color of their skin or their ... nonattachment was 88.5% higher than that of non-Indigenous people.[ 1 ] The review also examined avoidable ...
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 ...
President's Comment / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD April 2021
... issues. So, what have I found? I am often one of the first people that an LGBTQ2S+ person comes out to. I am far too ... person who learns that a teenager has been date-raped. People break down and tell me about old traumas. People tell me their stories of the racism, sexism, ...
Back Page / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... but compliance with the apparatus is not great. The people in pulmonary medicine usually say that if you are not ...
College Library / BY: Niki Baumann April 2021
... care for patients who have experienced a traumatic event. People who have experienced traumatic events may find the ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2021
... harm-reduction services has significant implications for people who use drugs (PWUD). One of the cornerstones of ... analysis revealed lower rates of THN kit possession among people who use drugs by non-injection routes.[ 22 ] However, ... consumption sites and overdose prevention sites, people with lived experience are acting as first responders, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... and youth. Among 10- to 17-year-old Canadians, 2140 young people were hospitalized due to self-poisoning during the ... provide free mental health services for children and young people up to 18 years old in BC, although a 2019 BC Coroners ... administered to a large representative sample of young people age 14 to 21 in Victoria, BC, in 2003 and 2005, 17% of ...
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 ...