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Editorials / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP June 2016
... death from a natural completion of the life cycle to a medical failure and have developed a technical armamentarium ... can before they die. To help physicians do this, the first article outlines what palliative care has to offer patients and families and when to implement it. The second article describes how to communicate effectively throughout ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alan T. Bates, MD, PhD June 2016
... at university if we had not been so busy taking all the medical school prerequisites. Fortunately, a physician does ... a number of these to make at the end of life in a modern medical system. Martin Heidegger extended Kierkegaard’s ... of existentialism and existential psychotherapy, this article aims to demystify existentialism and provide ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP June 2016
... guidelines for BLL monitoring were summarized in a prior article in the BCMJ (2009;51:388). The guidelines were based ... of a worker’s exposure or BLL results, please contact a medical advisor in your nearest WorkSafeBC office. —Sami Youakim, MDCM, MSc, FRCP WorkSafeBC Medical Advisor *In the past, BLL was reported in µg/dL, but ...
Letters / BY: Stephen D. Anderson, MD, FRCPC September 2016
I enjoyed reading Dr Bates’s excellent article on addressing existential suffering in patients with ... practical support. Over the years I have recommended that medical students, psychiatry residents, and residents in ... included a copy of the FICA spiritual history tool in his article. I would highly recommend that the FICA be used ...
Editorials / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... or childhood. In the past 4 decades, however, advances in medical care, surgery, and interventional cardiology have ... based at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. The first article, by Dr Marla Kiess, provides some historical context ... state of care for adults with CHD in BC. The second article, by Drs Andrew Campbell and Ronald Carere, describes ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... obstetric concerns while helping to reassure and guide medical teams with patient management during pregnancy, ... and thromboembolic risk—details beyond the scope of this article but readily available from the Heart Rhythm ...
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