News
April 2019
... of treatment, management of sepsis for the 30 million people who develop it each year relies on infection control ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Tom Brocklehurst
September 2019
... use can cause physical and behavioral changes that affect people’s ability to work safely, putting them or their ...
Obituaries /
BY: Rosemary Bell
January/February 2019
... praise for his colleague: “Like in any public office, people in charge sometimes meet with difficult problems. With ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
March 2019
... I feel less guilty because I remind myself that making people laugh has been his lifelong mission. Recently friends ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
July/August 2019
... Shannon the day of her inauguration. Speaking of young people, what are the challenges that medical students and ... later. That route’s a lot more difficult now, and people decide what they want to do early on, by the end of ... tone for the family practice being patient-centred, where people come, they feel welcome, they feel like their needs ...
News
May 2019
... nursing and allied health resources, and work to attach people in need of regular primary care. In addition, once ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC
October 2019
... cause of chronic illness in Canada. In 2016 one in five people were affected by a mental illness, nearly twice the ... psychologist typically falls under the private system for people with mild-to-moderate symptoms, making cost a major ... burden of stigma concerning mental health conditions. Many people with mental health conditions describe this stigma as ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC
June 2019
... person with obesity: healthy, active, motivated? For many people these are not the words that come to mind. Despite ... unchecked, and in many cases, institutionalized. Many people continue to hold feelings of disapproval toward people with obesity, leading to unfair judgment and ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
April 2019
... divorces, aging parents, and so much more. These people are my rocks and I know they have my back through ... of work colleagues. I have spent more time with these people than I have with most of my family and friends, yet I ...
Back Page /
BY: Jim Petzold, MD
September 2019
... to share in some of the most meaningful events in so many people’s lives. All in all, it’s been a pretty good ...