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Beyond Medicine /
BY: Benjamin Millar, MD,
March 2016
The use of social media is rapidly growing for medical education and practice sharing, and emergency ... practice approaches among health professionals. A recent article that discussed the benefits, risks, and opportunities ... (CPD) for practising health professionals. This article intends to illuminate how social media has been ...
Letters /
BY: Stephen D. Anderson, MD, FRCPC
March 2016
... consultation-liaison psychiatrist who has practised on the medical and surgical wards of a busy teaching hospital for over 20 years, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article from Ms Young and Dr Everett regarding an ethical ... two complex cases they presented was not discussed in the article. The first case involved a patient who had both ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: James McKinney, MD, MSc,
April 2016
... of MET and other fitness-related terms used in this article.) Although determinants of cardiorespiratory fitness ... fitness (referred to simply as “fitness” in this article) can be used as an objective surrogate measure of ... Depression is associated with poorer adherence to medical treatments and reduced health-related quality of ...
College Library /
BY: Paula Osachoff
May 2016
It is nearly impossible to keep up with the volume of medical literature published in your areas of interest and ... available in pdf format with a single tap. If your desired article is not from a journal to which the library ... “Request a copy” and the library will source the article and send it to you via e-mail as soon as possible. Be ...
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 ...
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 ...
Letters /
BY: Aidan Byrne, MD, FCFP,
April 2016
... admit that I am not sure what to make of Dr Gallagher’s article, “Real doctors treat more than one species,” in ... system of medicating frail geriatric patients. In medical practice, however, I have found that treatment ... look to physics for advice on how to approach complex medical issues. Dr Einstein’s recommendation that we should ...
Editorials /
BY: Saul Isserow, MBBCh
May 2016
... within a range that is acceptable to society? In the first article, Ms Barbara Morrison and colleagues delve into the ... some possible risk-mitigating strategies. In the second article, Dr Andrea Lee and colleagues explore the impact of ... the clinic’s success so far! —Saul H. Isserow, MBBCh Medical Director, SportsCardiologyBC —Brett Heilbron, MB ...