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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 ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC March 2022
... put the number of MRIs done in BC annually at 1 per 21 people, and 1 per 18.5 nationally. Within the central NHA ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD March 2022
... We spend our working lives taking care of other people’s health and well-being. But have we ever really ...
News March 2022
... January 2022, Two Spirit, transgender, and gender-diverse people in British Columbia can change gender designations on ... of Gender Designation, which includes a self-declaration. People under 19 will also need to provide proof of parent ... support. News Improved gender designation process for people in BC ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Hilary Spicer March 2022
... for guitars began at age 16, when he, like many young people, strummed a guitar to Eric Clapton and the Beatles. He ...
Clinical Articles / BY: barbara findlay, MA, LLB, QC March 2022
... the privacy of the care provider, the patient, and other people adjacent to the main players. In a recent complaint ... College of Psychologists be allowed to redact the names of people who had written unsolicited letters of support for the ... of medical care. Research has shown that transgender people avoid seeking medical care because they are not ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nicole J. Todd, MD, FRCSC March 2022
... should be integrated into gender-affirming health care. People with reproductive potential should be screened for and ... gender nonbinary, gender-diverse, and Two Spirit people (TGD), including the need for contraception, emergency ... to those who were assigned female at birth. Background TGD people experience barriers in accessing contraceptive care ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Emily Wiesenthal, BA March 2022
... gender identity. Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people express interest in parenthood at similar rates as ... as transgender or gender-diverse, and 40% to 54% of TGD people desire to be parents.[ 1 , 2 ] Overall, a small but ... it is essential that health care providers counsel TGD people about the options for fertility preservation before ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Rahana Harjee, MD, FRCSC April 2022
... pre- and mid-pandemic. These results are reassuring to people seeking fertility treatment, many of whom might ...
Obituaries / BY: Roy Innes, MD April 2022
... learn. He knew more about historical epidemics than most people want to know, had a passion for statistics, and would ...