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Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2023
... of each issue. The BCMJ has borne witness to numerous health care eras in British Columbia, from the inception of ... sense of unity is particularly significant in a time when health care systems face unprecedented challenges. As we ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Michelle Ng, MD, CCFP June 2023
... multicultural society, language barriers are prevalent in health care. Patients with limited English proficiency face health care disparities, including reduced preventive health care, increased use of diagnostic tests, increased ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Jennifer E. Nuk, MSc, CGC, CCGC July/August 2023
... of serrated polyposis syndrome is made based on World Health Organization 2019 criteria and a cumulative count of ... commercial entities that provide ancestry (and sometimes health) information. These tests typically use ...
Letters / BY: Bruce Nicolson, MD December 2023
It was just 6 years ago that the Ministry of Health embarked on a mission of transforming primary care and the concept of patient unattachment entered the health administration lexicon. Over the last 5 years, we as frontline health care providers have been subjected to the machinations ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... titled “It’s official. Vitamins don’t do much for health.”[ 3 ] So, which is it? Are vitamins helpful or not? ... I am cognizant that there are many other determinants of health and the JAMA publication was looking only at ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD April 2023
... weather events. Climate change directly impacts human health. The largest number of single-day deaths from any public health emergency in BC occurred on the day Lytton reached an ... And climate anxiety, depression, suicide, and other mental health impacts are real and worrisome, especially in younger ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shirley X. Chen, MPH June 2023
... schizophrenia are not usually at the forefront of public health messaging about extreme heat events. There are several ... [ Figure ]. First, they may lack insight into their own health or experience disorganized thinking; therefore, they ... with schizophrenia and can highlight the importance of health checks[ 9 ] during hot weather. In-person or virtual ...
Premise / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS November 2023
... imperative to do whatever we could to ensure that, as a health care system, we were doing everything we could to ... to prevent SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory viral infections in health care settings included the following key points and ... widely, and maintain universal vaccination policies for health care workers. A recent review based on international ...
Clinical Articles, Clinical Case Reports / BY: Eugene Y.H. Yeung, MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FRCPC, FCCM, D(ABMM), CTH November 2023
... only 206 and 6 times, respectively.[ 1 ] In 2022, a World Health Organization report led to an update to the Canadian ... reaction molecular testing conducted at the BCCDC Public Health Laboratory. During her stay at the emergency ... 7 , 8 ] In Surrey Memorial Hospital, where the Fraser Health regional microbiology laboratory is located, GeneXpert ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2023
... are tired of my rants about the demise of our once great health system will be pleased to know that this is my last ... services well. The evidence is clear that competition in health care saves lives and reduces costs.[ 3 ] The five principles of the Canada Health Act are public administration, comprehensiveness, ...