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Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, ISAM April 2024
... power of attorney and a representation agreement for health care decisions to Edna. Appointing a power of attorney ... 2011. www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/managing-your-health/incapacity-planning/enduring_power_of_attorney.pdf ... 2011. www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/managing-your-health/incapacity-planning/representation_agreement_s9.pdf ...
News April 2024
... care: Longitudinal Family Physician Payment Model and Health Connect Registry Responding to challenges in BC ...
Letters / BY: Lisa Veres, MD April 2024
... in which family physicians were paid by the Ministry of Health to sit down to collaborate with each other, our specialist colleagues, and our health authority? Unfortunately, as the years rolled by, it ... acute care. For the last 8 years we have worked with our health authority and EMR vendors to create the primary care ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD April 2024
... My Indigeneity is my strength and continuous source of health and healing. The intergenerational impacts of ... and angry. It didn’t feel just. I was well aware of the health disparities Indigenous people faced, and I recognized ... sick, harboring disease, and being at fault for their ill health. Although unintentional, this can form biases that ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC April 2024
... hope to patients in times of distress. Today, when the health care system is facing numerous challenges and many ... must put patients and their needs at the centre of every health care conversation. In an increasingly fragmented ... be seen as trusted leaders and partners in improving the health care system. This model of care works. In Whistler, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC April 2024
... good and posing serious risks to individual and societal health. Misinformation not only creates challenges to ... and applying accurate information to support personal health decisions but also threatens to exacerbate public health crises, inequality, societal division, racism, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD April 2024
When the BCCDC presents on the public health impacts of wildfire smoke, we often ask audiences to ... professionals who are trained in environmental public health. Wildfire smoke is a 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 ...
Premise / BY: Clara MacDonald, MSc, MD April 2024
... considered to be any unintended complication secondary to health care intervention.[ 1-3 ] According to a Canadian ... impact of adverse events on physicians and other health care providers. Feelings of shame, grief, and guilt ... events. This aligns with current concepts of safety in health care, where success is more than simply the absence of ...
Letters / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD May 2024
... Medical Association or BCMA). At that time, the Physician Health Program was in danger; the College decided it no ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... necessary? Since the summer of 2023, three major Canadian health libraries either closed or were diminished: the CMA ... and the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health recently laid off half of its research information ... Library, I believe we’ve lost a valuable member of our health care team.  In the May issue, Dr Ian A. Gillespie, ...