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News / BY: Martin Dawes, MD May 2023
... with risk factors for B12 deficiency. Patients can call 8-1-1 to speak with a HealthLink BC registered dietitian. B12 ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Anton R. Miller, MBChB, FRCPC June 2023
... up to 9% of the general population of children in Canada.[ 1 , 2 ] The terms neurodisability and neurodevelopmental ... to needed services and supports. Our aims are threefold: (1) to raise awareness among physicians in BC of the vital ... emerged from activities undertaken to address barriers 1 and 2: a scoping review of the relevant literature,[ 13 ] ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Michelle Ng, MD, CCFP June 2023
... and disparities in confidentiality and informed consent.[ 1 ] Using professional interpreters reduces communication ... English proficiency encounter frequency (see Appendix 1 , Appendix 2 ,  Table S1 , and Table S2 for detailed ... in November 2017 to 927 calls in December 2020 [ Figure 1 ]. The median and average call durations were 16 minutes ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Patricia M. Massel, MD June 2023
... travel privately to urban centres for outpatient care.[ 1 ] Northern BC is particularly remote, and reaching ... a social worker, and a transport paramedic [ Table 1 ]. Six key themes were selected for discussion: travel ... ambulatory care travel. Visiting a specialist often took 1 to 2 days of travel, and dangerous winter travel conditions ...
Obituaries / BY: F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC June 2023
... Morley became a professor in pharmacology, first for 1 year at the University of Toronto, then in the UBC Faculty ...
Obituaries / BY: Chris Scott-Kerr June 2023
... College of Physicians of London in 1960. Mike completed a 1-year residency in anesthesia at the University of Alberta ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD June 2023
... see A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis [ 1 ]).” For more of Darwin’s thoughts on the importance ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tanya Fairweather, MD, CCFP, FCFP June 2023
... of health, including the harms of worklessness,[ 1-3 ] and want to provide the best care and advice to ... it to WorkSafeBC Prevention Services at 604 276-3100 or 1 888 621-7233; your call can be anonymous. A request for ... request (via the RACE app or by calling 604 696-2131 or 1 877 696-2131) to discuss. —Tanya Fairweather, MD, CCFP, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shirley X. Chen, MPH June 2023
... one of the deadliest weather events in Canadian history,[ 1 ] and during that period schizophrenia was associated with ... people with schizophrenia represent only approximately 1% of the BC population. When deaths during the heat dome ...
College Library / BY: Chris Vriesema-Magnuson June 2023
... Episodes can vary in length from 5 minutes to over 1 hour and can be made by anyone, from venerable ...