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Clinical Articles / BY: Carla Pajak, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... variation in practice seen even within a single regional health care system, suggesting the presence of institutional ... In 2014 all practising general surgeons in the Fraser Health Authority were approached to complete an online survey ... all patients presenting with acute cholecystitis in Fraser Health between April 2012 and June 2013 who underwent a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
... at some point in life.[ 3 ] The social determinants of health play a major role in the development of chronic ... worldwide as the most significant social determinant of health.[ 3 , 4 ] Other social determinants affecting diabetes ... poor access to care, food insecurity, obesity, and lack of health education. Risk is compounded by lifestyle habits such ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Connie G. Chiu, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... impact on their physical, emotional, and psychological health. Some concerns in survivorship care are arm ... screening questionnaires for depression (e.g., Patient Health Questionniare-938), anxiety (e.g., Generalized Anxiety ... with a multimodal approach that optimizes preoperative health and conditioning.[ 42 ] Studies have shown that active ...
News January/February 2018
... encountered. YWAM works in partnership with the National Health Authority of Papua New Guinea and with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA July/August 2018
... activities that put themselves or others at risk of harm, health care providers must find approaches to support both ... 2 ] and specific populations (e.g., those with mental health diagnoses).[ 3 ] However, this literature review did ... aside personal biases, and striving for objectivity.[ 7 ] Health care providers are trained to place a premium on ...
Proust for Physicians October 2018
... favorite activity? Running, for my mental and emotional health along with the physical. And more recently, yoga. ...
News December 2018
... Columbia and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin Wing, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... care as a result of rationing in the publicly funded health care system.[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] Moreover, it is ... and surgery in BC. Although a review of the Ministry of Health’s surgical patient registry website ( ... Methods Currently, 49 orthopaedic surgeons from five BC health authorities contribute anonymized scheduling data from ...
News September 2018
... on the study—from the BC-CfE, SFU, and the Public Health Agency of Canada, in partnership with Saskatchewan ... and with funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research—were startled at the prevalence of immune ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Dixon November 2018
... of high-quality scientific evidence in occupational health and safety. Focusing on emerging issues and applied ... workplace parties and researchers. Recent topics include health-promotion programs for long-haul truck drivers, ... and doctoral students pursuing training in occupational health and safety and workers’ compensation research in BC. ...