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Letters /
BY: Liz Ewart, MD, FCFP
November 2024
... establishment and 24.4 days after its establishment),[ 1 ] and this could be used as a model of care for other ... on one day. This model schedules in a single appointment: (1) nurse and physician assessment, (2) breast diagnostic ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Nicola Y. Edwards, MHA
January/February 2023
... for individuals, communities, and the health care system.[ 1 ] Since British Columbia declared a provincial public ... Hospital) with an opioid overdose over a 12-month period (1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019). This period was chosen to ... Corporation, Redmond, WA) and Tableau version 12.1 (Tableau Software, LLC, Seattle, WA). Results Population ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
April 2023
... there are over 5.3 million people in British Columbia,[ 1 ] and nearly one-quarter of them are women 45 years of age ... prompts the question: for a condition that affects nearly 1.3 million people in our province, why aren’t we talking ... hormones for longer than 5 years had a relative risk of 1.26 for developing breast cancer. As Dominus points out in ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
July/August 2023
... as a coauthor alongside Siobhan O’Connor [ Figure ].[ 1 ] The piece quickly sparked debate among publishers, ... a medical lens. Snippets of the result are shown in Boxes 1–3 , and as you can see, it both creates references and ...
Back Page /
BY: David May, MD, CCFP
October 2023
... Many of those names have also been recorded in print.[ 1 ] qathet Regional District surrounds the city of Powell ... for the Province of British Columbia from 1872 to 1879.[ 1 , 2 ] He was instrumental in both banning the potlatch and ... clear calls to action for leaders in health care.[ 6 ] On 1 June 2019, Doctors of BC announced it had signed a ...
Obituaries /
BY: Boggie Family
March 2023
... 50th Anniversary Endowment Fund Committee, which raised $1.5 million to assist medical students. 2005: Established the ...
Premise /
BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC
September 2023
... in consultation with BC Family Doctors and Doctors of BC.[ 1 ] It addresses the lack of adequate paid time per patient ... cause of the difficulty finding a family physician. Table 1 presents a comparison of fee-for-service in 1982 versus ... interactions; and (c) the physician’s patient panel.”[ 1 ] The new model compensates family physicians with a ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Taylor Crown, MD
December 2023
... the 21st century, which has fostered surgical innovation.[ 1 ] Hip arthroscopy has rapidly gained popularity in the ... cartilage on the femoral head and acetabulum [ Figure 1 ].[ 6 ] The acetabular rim has a triangular fibrocartilage, ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Hannah Gibson, MBChB
May 2023
... mental health issues, and substance abuse disorders.[ 1-4 ] In a series of point-in-time counts conducted in ... facilities on its Housing Listings web page;[ 17 ] Figure 1 shows the locations of those sites. Access to supportive ... tenants in three supportive housing sites in Kelowna to (1) clarify the existing needs of tenants, including those ...