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Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD April 2023
... and reprocessing; and fewer opened packages. Canadian medical students have organized initiatives to integrate ... 21 February 2023. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/land-acknowledgment . Native Governance Center. A ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC June 2023
Calling all readers: we want to hear from you! The BC Medical Journal is a unique publication—it is the only ... across all disciplines read the BCMJ , so if your article is published here, I would argue that more of your ... for our online Blog. We also recently introduced a new article type—BC Stories—where we encourage you to tell us ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2023
... are less likely to report psychiatric symptoms.[ 1 ] This article focuses on generalized anxiety disorder, which is ... are less common later in life, and should rule out other medical causes that can cause or mimic anxiety (e.g., ... in seniors, but this falls beyond the scope of this article. The first step is recognizing and treating anxiety ...
MDs To Be / BY: Nicola Horwood, MD June 2023
... for necessary MRIs.[ 3 ] Recent commentaries in the BC Medical Journal raise concerns about unnecessary ... health authorities. The cities are not identified in this article; a few are quite small and could identify a smaller ... and valuable suggestions during the development of this article. ABSTRACT: Osteoarthritis is a common and ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Carol-Anne Vallée, MD May 2023
... their reproductive years. Due to the introduction of the medical abortion pill mifepristone in 2017, most abortion ... providers are now family physicians, who typically offer medical abortion within a wide range of primary care ... services research highly related to the content of this article. As well, she received payment for expert testimony ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Elizabeth Burden, MD January/February 2023
... advanced heart failure with symptoms refractory to maximal medical management and one or more heart failure ... study and was exempt from formal ethical review per Article 2.5 of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Laura Gentile, RD, MHA July/August 2023
... values, colonoscopy results, pathology results, unplanned medical events that occur in the 14 days following ... referred for colonoscopy to identify those with comorbid medical conditions and to book a precolonoscopy assessment ... important to ensure the procedure is safe. All unplanned medical events that occur in the pericolonoscopy period are ...
Editorials / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... information on funding for adults with autism. The first article in this theme issue is an update and review of some ... intervention and treatment for aggressive behavior. The article concludes with information about accessing public ... The algorithm guides the clinician to rule out or treat medical, sleep, and psychiatric conditions; consider ...
MDs To Be / BY: Samantha Gibbon, BSc April 2023
Positionality statement During my first year of medical school at the University of British Columbia, an ... into the world of Western medicine in the UBC Southern Medical Program, I was strongly compelled by my experience to ... patients with increasingly complex needs rise. I hope this article supports you in your goals to provide more deeply ...
Premise / BY: R. Eric Demers, BSc, CCPA, CD September 2023
... assistants are “academically and clinically educated medical generalists who practice medicine within a formalized ... and provided insight into funding models. In 2014, an article in the Harvard Business Review endorsed the use of ... regulation. Dr Katharine Smart, former Canadian Medical Association president, stated that “In an optimal ...