Shared Care Committee /
BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC
November 2021
... the leading cause of disability in Canada, with one in two people affected by 40 years of age.[ 1 ] Now, COVID-19 has ... outside the public health care system. Consequently, most people end up managing their mental health in primary care,[ ... were comparable to the in-person experience, with more people preferring the virtual groups. The virtual format also ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc
May 2021
... Seniors Council estimate that approximately 50% of people over the age of 80 report feelings of loneliness.[ 6 ] ... 18 ] In Fujisawa, Japan, Aoi Care houses elderly people with dementia, and is unique in that its residents ...
News
September 2021
... expanding access to prescribed safer supply to reach more people. Once fully implemented, people who use drugs and who are at high risk of dying from ... including medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, people with lived and living experience, the First Nations ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), JD, LLM, SJD
March 2021
... governance structure to advance inclusion of First Nations people in health care design and decision making.[ * ] ... p. 8). The problem Racism is the belief that a group of people are inferior based on the color of their skin or their ... nonattachment was 88.5% higher than that of non-Indigenous people.[ 1 ] The review also examined avoidable ...
Letters /
BY: Michelle Danda
July/August 2021
... of Drug Users (VANDU) and the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD) are instrumental in changing stereotypes of PWUD and engaging people with lived experience in the process of research and ... power imbalance. We must question the ethics of asking people who are accessing health care services for more ...
Editorials, COVID-19 /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
May 2021
... were directed toward the often-marginalized population of people who use drugs and the overdose crisis. Forgive me for ...
Obituaries /
BY: Patrick Fay, MD
September 2021
... feeling being that in order to understand a country or a people you had to understand the language. While she was a ...
Editorials, COVID-19 /
BY: Yvonne Sin, MD
December 2021
... all they have known. My daughter thinks it is normal for people to wear masks and that we rarely have play dates ...
Back Page, COVID-19 /
BY: Mandy Ruthnum, MD, FCFP
January/February 2021
... 15 minutes. During that time, I spoke with three different people. I was booked in by a clerk, who requested my son’s ... numerous conversation with others, I was amazed how few people are aware of this number, including doctors. I suspect ...
College Library /
BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS
June 2021
... in electronic form. Why not 100%? Several reasons: most people prefer reading physical books[ 1 ] and have deeper ...