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Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Cheryl Young, MD, CCFP January/February 2022
... death.[ 9 ] Given this concern, we reviewed calls to the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (BC DPIC) about exposure to ivermectin and two related ... and selamectin (used in veterinary medicine). The BC DPIC is the provincial telephone poison control service ...
Editorials / BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC January/February 2022
... the care for transgender and gender-diverse individuals in BC has moved from being heavily centred in tertiary care ... are based on the distress of body/mind incongruence. In BC, the manuals used in classifying and coding with respect ... well-being and self-fulfillment. The Ministry of Health in BC was the first in Canada to adopt the Standards of Care for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marshall Dahl, MD, PhD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... transgender and gender-diverse youth has been available in BC for more than 20 years.[ 8 ] Separate eligibility[ 1 ] and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sahil Kumar, MSc January/February 2022
... transition. In September 2019, the Gender Surgery Program BC, located within Vancouver Coastal Health, became Western ... close to home. In addition to the Gender Surgery Program BC, Trans Care BC has established a network of transgender-inclusive ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ingrid Cosio, MD, CCFP January/February 2022
... your choice of words, names, or pronouns, visit Trans Care BC’s resource “Making Mistakes and Correcting Them” [ ... hormone therapy are available. For example, Trans Care BC’s Primary Care Toolkit ( https://bit.ly/3gKp7Fi ) is an ... needed. To learn more about gender-affirming surgeries in BC, including how to become a qualified assessor, visit ...
Obituaries / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB January/February 2022
... a 1-year rotating internship at Dalhousie and a return to BC in 1985. At first he did locums in various parts of BC, centred in the Lower Mainland, and then set up as a solo ... answer was, “girls!” Mike served on the Doctors of BC Board for 10 years as the District 7 representative. He ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2022
... 1 ] In 2016, the average age of a person giving birth in BC was 31.5 years; as of 2020, this average reached a new ... childlessness. —Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC Editorials BC mothers are the oldest in Canada. Let’s talk about that ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD January/February 2022
... year as your president. —Ramneek Dosanjh, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment What lies within us ...
News January/February 2022
... will continue to be held by the Association of Doctors of BC, the BCMJ ’s publisher/owner. The CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 ...
News January/February 2022
... Longman Ms Annalise Wong Ms Anna Myllyniemi Doctors of BC awarded its annual $1000 scholarships for 2021 to Ms Maren ... the past 14 years and feels privileged to have represented BC for Team BC at the U18 Women’s Hockey Nationals. She now plays ...