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Premise / BY: R. Eric Demers, BSc, CCPA, CD September 2023
... what each health professional does. The Canada Health Act[ 2 ] guides Canada’s hospital-centric health care system. It ... BC has a land area of approximately 945 000 km 2 [ 12 ] and, as of 2021, a population of approximately 5.2 million.[ 13 ] Manitoba’s land area is approximately ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jacqueline Maloney, PhD September 2023
... have been increasing steadily in Canada since 2011.[ 2 ] Concerns regarding the impact on adolescent mental ... health and well-being compared with their peers [ Table 2 ]. LGBTQIA2S+ youth and those identifying as female or ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Karen Takai, MSc September 2023
... a safe and timely return to appropriate work duties.[ 2 ] When treatment reports are written through a lens of ... a belief that return to work may not be possible.[ 1 , 2 ] Reports that speak to supportive interventions and the ... where before they may have only seen inability.[ 2 ] Given the well-known negative health effects of prolonged ...
Back Page / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD September 2023
... assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada as of 17 March 2024.[ 2 ] Regrettably, neither of these options will be available ... under conditions the person considers acceptable.[ 2 ] My wife’s case history might help explain the problems ... then had live-in caregivers looking after her for almost 2 years. Her physical and mental deterioration was rapid. To ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... the child—the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.[ 2 ] DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder[ 3 ... Agency of Canada, which noted that in 2019, 1 in 50 (2%) of Canadian children and youth aged 1 to 17 years were ... proportion of referred cases now consist of children aged 2 to 3 years for whom autism-related clinical observation of ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Aaron Ooi, MBChB, DipPaed, PGDipClinEd, FRACP October 2023
... or restricted activities, interests, or behaviors.[ 2 ] A wide range of maladaptive behaviors are commonly ... disorder, anxiety disorders, and mood disorders.[ 2 ] Based on positive clinical trials, the US Food and Drug ... when evaluating for irritability and aggression [ Box 2 ]. In considering psychosocial factors, exploration into ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Hayley Wroot, BSc October 2023
... and social challenges encountered when accessing care.[ 2 , 3 , 7 ] Current systems in BC rely on parent/caregiver ... to generate a snapshot of the current state at BCCH, (2) a subsequent 2-month extended chart review to build on the initial scoping ...
Obituaries / BY: Nis Schmidt, MD October 2023
... went further afield when he submitted a drawing [ Figure 2 ], that he thought would be a perfect symbol engraved on ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC October 2023
... family, it was the travel hiatus that kept us close for 2 years. But when travel and in-office work returned, I found ... both female physicians and their female patients.”[ 2 ] I do worry about becoming a statistic, another example ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tung Siu, MD, CCFP, ACBOM October 2023
... to provide “just compensation” for injured workers.[ 2 ] If a worker was injured and wanted to be compensated, ...