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MDs To Be / BY: Tristan Jeffery, BSc October 2021
... the concept of Two-Eyed Seeing in a Western setting.[ 2 ] Specifically, Two-Eyed Seeing “refers to learning to ... both of these eyes together for the benefit of all.”[ 2 ] Elder Albert Marshall emphasizes that Two-Eyed Seeing ... than Western in certain situations and vice versa.[ 2 ] It brings together two ways of knowing to allow a diverse ...
Editorials / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... pain management has been proposed as a basic human right,[ 2 ] and physicians need to have the skills to prescribe ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC November 2021
Approach to managing cancer pain Over the past 2 decades, cancer has been the leading cause of death in ... people living with many other serious chronic illnesses.[ 2 ] Cancer is overwhelmingly the most common reason for ... or World Health Organization (WHO) analgesic ladder Step 2 opioids are more potent and more predictably effective than ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... and is associated with frailty and loss of function.[ 2 ] Early identification and successful management of chronic ... ). Over the weekend, an on-call physician ordered loxapine 2.5 to 5.0 mg twice daily to manage his agitation. This is in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jefferson Terry, MD PhD, FRCPC November 2021
... other health professionals involved in their care.[ 1 , 2 ] As part of the perinatal autopsy examination, the ... delivery was 32 years (range 15 to 47), mean gravida was 2.6 (range 1 to 10), and mean number of prior pregnancy ... response and is divided into stage 1 (early), stage 2 (intermediate), and stage 3 (advanced), while grade ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD November 2021
... ]. There were 1630 deaths in the 8 days from 25 June to 2 July, about 740 more than would be expected in a normal ... by the BC Coroners Service (BCCS) in the months ahead.[ 2 ] We already know from preliminary analyses of data from BC ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC November 2021
... half of all Canadians reporting worsening mental health,[ 2 ] and those experiencing the most societal inequities ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Kevin Berman, MD November 2021
... if we don’t pick up, and we will return your call within 2 hours. Feel free to also leave a message in the evening or on the weekend. We will call you back within the first 2 hours of the next business day. If your call is about your ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ray Markham, MB ChB, MRCGP, FCFP December 2021
... with a particular focus on First Nations priorities[ 2 ] (we use BC to refer to a geography, and acknowledge that ... equity-focused way. The Partnership Pentagram+ model[ 2 , 6 ] [ Figure 1 ] was used to inform meaningful ... organizations involved in building healthy communities.[ 2 ] By aligning with the Partnership Pentagram+ model, health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mohammed Abdelmalek, BSc December 2021
... as acute or chronic, or otitis media with effusion.[ 2 ] Chronic otitis media is differentiated from the others by ... developed countries.[ 1 ] The prevalence varies from 2% to 4% in low-prevalence populations to 43% in high-prevalence populations.[ 2 , 5 , 6 ] The common presenting features of chronic otitis ...