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Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, ISAM April 2024
... the population of British Columbia in 2021 was just over 5 million citizens, and 20.3% were aged 65 years or older.[ 1 ... depending on their circumstances and what is at stake.[ 5 ] In this review, the clinical and legal aspects of these ... of making or failing to make a particular decision.[ 5 , 16 ] Financial capacity involves at least three key ...
Letters / BY: Lisa Veres, MD April 2024
... “Stop, collaborate, and listen” [ BCMJ 2024;66:5]. I would suggest that many of us in family medicine and ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD April 2024
... a reduction in chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes.[ 4 , 5 ] Perhaps most profoundly, the science of how trauma ... nature are all powerful practices that support healing.[ 5 ] Colonial laws that outlawed and demonized our culture ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC April 2024
... things better, together. As part of Doctors of BC’s new 5-year strategic plan, we have made it our mission to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD April 2024
... complex mixture of gases and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), all of which can affect health.[ 1 ] However, concentrations of PM 2.5 are typically used as a proxy for the whole mixture, for a few reasons. First, PM 2.5 is the ambient air pollutant most consistently elevated by ...
Back Page / BY: Adam Zanbilowicz, MS(Medical Education), DPM(Hons) April 2024
... minimalist shoe brands such as Nike (10.8%) and Adidas (13.5%) were common. However, intriguing anomalies included the maximalist Hoka shoes, representing 5.4% of all footwear observed. Notably, one gondolier was ...
Premise / BY: Clara MacDonald, MSc, MD April 2024
... 1-3 ] According to a Canadian study published in 2004, 7.5% of patients experience at least one adverse event during ... syndrome, a term first coined by Albert Wu in 2000,[ 5 ] describes the psychological impact of adverse events on ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... active registrants.[ 4 ] For context, that is 5% of the CPSBC’s $36.7 million in expenditures, the ... articles were downloaded from the Library’s website.[ 5-7 ] On average, almost 1200 in-depth literature searches ...
News / BY: Hali Stus April 2024
... Doctors of BC offers our physician members up to $5 million of group term-life insurance at highly competitive ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: S. Darabian, BA May 2024
... Knee osteoarthritis can be both primary and secondary.[ 5 ] As individuals age, the quantity of synovial fluid ... of fluid and cartilage loss, bony changes, and pain.[ 5 ] Consequently, a patient’s level of pain does not always ... or lateral), and quality of the pain, should be elicited.[ 5-7 ] Clinicians should pay close attention to the onset and ...