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Obituaries / BY: Paul Wright, MD September 2021
... Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. Legacies are about people, and Pat created legacies. He was a leader and an ...
President's Comment / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD December 2021
... of burnout in the medical community. It is hard to see the people I care about suffer and toil as you have. And yet, the ... putting others first: “Give our vaccine doses to people more vulnerable, we’ll wait our turn.” I remember ... leaders in our own right, and we are entrusted with people’s very lives. Take heart that even when we are ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC June 2021
... helps us shift the deeply held societal belief that people with obesity simply lack willpower and just need to ... with the intent to improve overall quality of life for people living with obesity. —Ilona Hale, MD —Priya ...
News October 2021
... are and what they need. It is particularly beneficial for people who are seeking help for the first time and need extra ... caregivers, seniors, Indigenous persons, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, people who use drugs, and service providers. Content on the ... from community partners and continuous peer review by people with lived and living experience of mental health and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... and youth. Among 10- to 17-year-old Canadians, 2140 young people were hospitalized due to self-poisoning during the ... provide free mental health services for children and young people up to 18 years old in BC, although a 2019 BC Coroners ... administered to a large representative sample of young people age 14 to 21 in Victoria, BC, in 2003 and 2005, 17% of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Stephanie Gin, RN, MPH July/August 2021
... that BC is on track to achieve elimination by 2030, 28 607 people living with HCV in BC remain untreated.[ 1 ] Many have ... of social and economic marginalization. Around 17% of people testing antibody positive in BC between 1990 and 2018 ... in Canada to recommend one-time birth cohort screening for people born between 1945 and 1965. As this birth cohort ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ray Markham, MB ChB, MRCGP, FCFP December 2021
... intersectional approach was also imperative. Historically, people who identify as men have dominated the health ... service sector workers.[ 11 ] Additionally, First Nations people experience disproportionally negative health outcomes ... action items. Partnership groups consisted of people from different organizations or groups coming together ...
Letters / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS January/February 2021
... 3 ] with depression and anxiety rates similar to those in people with cancer; and feelings of regret, sadness, and ...
Proust for Physicians September 2021
... me satisfied. What is your greatest fear? Heights, and people who have nothing to lose. What is the trait you most ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2021
... Significant numbers of vaccine refusals are likely as people worry about potential adverse health outcomes. ... terrible virus. It is estimated that roughly 300 million people died from smallpox in the 20th century. Its case ...