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Letters / BY: Spencer Cleave, MD, CCFP November 2025
... who are stigmatized and profoundly underserved by our health care system. These patients suffer deeply, and their ... they face, fosters deep epistemic mistrust toward the health care system. Establishment of a longitudinal, trusting ... Pain Centre This letter was submitted in response to “Health outcomes of patients in the Complex Chronic Diseases ...
Letters / BY: Luis Nacul, MD, PhD November 2025
... been “stigmatized and profoundly underserved by our health care system” and that they deserve appropriate care. ... that there were some improvements in mental and physical health indicators and the severity of ME/CFS, which were ... prioritizes the biological as well as the psychosocial health of patients and has a full team of interprofessionals, ...
Letters / BY: Marie Claire Bourque, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DABPN November 2025
... pressure to spend less time on them. That’s not the health care system we claim to be. We weren’t trained to ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2025
... a source of information about what is happening in BC’s health care system and with its health care providers. Serendipity is our strength. Most ...
Editorials / BY: Sepehr Khorasani, MD, MSc, FRCSC November 2025
... There has been excellent work done by British Columbia health care leaders Drs Gillian Hanley, Heather Stuart, and ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD November 2025
... grounded in service, advocacy, and the pursuit of better health for all. Yet our responsibility does not end at the bedside. In a time of profound change in our health care system—with new models of care, shifting ... the 27 November deadline. This is a pivotal moment for BC health care. Change is here, and with it comes the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC November 2025
... interventions can form part of a comprehensive mental health and well-being strategy, which is particularly ... given the recent decline in self-reported positive mental health and increase in self-harm indicators among youth in ... self-harm. —Brandon Yau, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC Medical Health Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health —Mojgan Karbakhsh, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: William Liu, BHSc November 2025
... intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into health care, it is essential for clinicians to remain ... oversight, AI can inadvertently perpetuate or amplify health disparities, including racial inequities.[ 1 ] A ... suffer from availability bias, often mirroring present-day health care inequities. One study found that AI chest X-ray ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Cecil Hershler, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2025
... toward disease, illness, physical disability, and mental health. It was an attempt to look more closely at the concept ... fortunate to obtain approximately $100 000 from the BC Health Research Foundation to undertake this research. The ... Each was accompanied by a family member or friend and a health care professional, forming triads that worked together ...
MDs To Be / BY: Stephanie Quon, BASc November 2025
... plans knowing they might fall apart. And even in perfect health, we carry a quiet awareness of the fact that life has ...