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Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Aaron Ooi, MBChB, DipPaed, PGDipClinEd, FRACP October 2023
... is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects 1 in 32 children and youth in Canada.[ 1 ] It is characterized by impairments in social ... 20 , 21 ] Consideration of using melatonin (starting dose 1 mg at bedtime, with a maximum of 10 mg at bedtime) can be ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Hayley Wroot, BSc October 2023
... management than patients without these disorders.[ 1-3 ] In these populations, routine physical examinations, ... which, at present, is largely unknown. This included: (1) a 1-week retrospective review of electronic and paper charts to ...
Obituaries / BY: Nis Schmidt, MD October 2023
... is a line drawing of an injection procedure [ Figure 1 ]. Over the years he built a catalogue of such drawings ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC October 2023
... mean women make 87 cents on the dollar compared with men.[ 1 ] (A gap that is worse for racialized women, newcomers, ... women, women with disabilities, and trans women.[ 1 ]) It may also underpin the “surgical sexism” described ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tung Siu, MD, CCFP, ACBOM October 2023
... elsewhere in the world dating as far back as 2050 BC,[ 1 ] workers’ compensation systems have existed in Canada ... BC, and is accredited for 6.75 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 credits. Learn more and register at ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2023
... and are less likely to report psychiatric symptoms.[ 1 ] This article focuses on generalized anxiety disorder, ... life than depression, with estimated rates ranging from 1.2% to 7.3% for 6- and 12-month prevalence respectively, and ... anxiety codes account for only 0.6% of family practice and 1.5% of psychiatry billings for individuals 60 years of age ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kloshe Tillicum Research Team: Chee Mamuk BCCDC, Simon Fraser University October 2023
... Act, anti-Indigenous racism in the health care system,[ 1 ] and the shameful history of Indian hospitals[ 2 ] serve ...
Back Page / BY: David May, MD, CCFP October 2023
... Many of those names have also been recorded in print.[ 1 ] qathet Regional District surrounds the city of Powell ... for the Province of British Columbia from 1872 to 1879.[ 1 , 2 ] He was instrumental in both banning the potlatch and ... clear calls to action for leaders in health care.[ 6 ] On 1 June 2019, Doctors of BC announced it had signed a ...
Premise / BY: Jan Hajek, MD October 2023
... help promote human rights, equity, and social justice.[ 1 ] Most physicians in Canada enjoy consuming meat, eggs, and ... lead to less prejudicial attitudes toward other people.[ 1 ] As physicians, we need to expand our circle of moral ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Lisa Jeffery, MD November 2023
... the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic on 11 March 2020.[ 1 ] This led to subsequent unprecedented lockdown ... two restrictive periods, 17 March to 19 May 2020 and 1 January to 28 February 2022, all elective surgeries and ... The BC Colon Screening Program was also suspended from 1 April to 8 June 2020. Preoperative screening and testing ...