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Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Valerie C. Doyon, MD January/February 2024
... which risks underestimating the Breslow depth [ Figure 2 ]. According to clinical practice guidelines, incisional ... only in sensitive or cosmetically important areas.[ 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 ] However, the margins of the subsequent wide local ... near the guideline standard (e.g., < 0.1 mm margins or 2.0 cm re-excision margins), they were categorized as ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... to a well-functioning health system. Over the past 2 decades, there has been significant attrition of surgeons ... (including C-section) had poorer perinatal outcomes.[ 2 ] When accessing surgical care, rural and remote patients ... volume and distribution of surgical care in rural BC.[ 2-5 , 7 ] To address this knowledge gap, we conducted an ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2024
... in the absence of context, stigmatization can occur.[ 2 ] In a 2019 article for the Canadian Journal of Bioethics , ... poorer outcomes in one group compared with another.[ 2 ] This research may be well intentioned; however, ... described in ways that perpetuate harmful stereotypes.[ 2 ] For example, our implicit biases (and our overt medical ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD January/February 2024
... An article in the Vancouver Sun from 20 May 2023[ 2 ] discusses this shortage and informs us there are many ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP January/February 2024
... medical equipment, such as MRIs and CT scanners.[ 2 ] Fossil fuel emissions are not only heating our planet but ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD January/February 2024
... morale, and their workers’ compensation costs.[ 1 , 2 ] A recent amendment to the Workers Compensation Act aims ... to cooperate applies to claims with an injury date up to 2 years before the 1 January effective date, while the duty ... to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will call you back within 2 hours. —Peter Rothfels, MD Chief Medical Officer and ...
BC Stories / BY: Lauren Lypchuk, MD, CCFP January/February 2024
... June 2019. We are a 100% volunteer organization. Despite a 2-year break due to the pandemic, we were able to restart in ... beautiful Okanagan Rail Trail. It was her first outing in 2 years, and despite seeing photos of the trail, reading ...
Obituaries / BY: Gillian Hodge, MD January/February 2024
... after a heart attack, pneumonia, and a fall, lasted 2 weeks, when he died peacefully in his sleep. Our thanks to ...
Letters / BY: Min Jung Kim, BHSc January/February 2024
... fires and over 15 million hectares burned to date.[ 2 ] Over 29 000 Albertans were left displaced by wildfires ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD January/February 2024
... have complex cognitive and emotional lives.[ 1 ] I agree.[ 2 ] There are also environmental and health reasons to eat ...