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President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC October 2024
... others’ perspectives. Ask questions to understand why people make the decisions they do rather than focusing on ... psychologically safe in their interactions with you. When people don’t feel psychologically safe, they shut down and ...
Obituaries / BY: Al Kallas, MD March 2024
... one of the smallest boats in the harbor, with the most people in the cockpit. There were many cruises, including to ...
Letters / BY: Judy So, MD July/August 2024
... collaboration with disability advocates, researchers, and people with disabilities. Prompted by the lack of resources ... and further disadvantage ethnic minorities and people of lower socioeconomic status. This highlights ... difference to parents when physicians recognize the weight people with disabilities and their loved ones carry. We wear ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jennifer Balfour, MD, FRCPC December 2024
... surgeon general calls the mental health crisis among young people an emergency. The CPS states: “We are in the midst ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD April 2024
... whenever wildfire smoke is affecting air quality. Most people spend the majority of their time indoors, so cleaner ...
Interviews / BY: Tara Lyon September 2024
... We’re 2 years apart. We walk the same; we act the same. People think we’re twins.” As teens in Iran, Sepehr and ... other and assist one another in the operating room, and people continue to mix us up all the time, thinking we are ...
Letters / BY: Min Jung Kim, BHSc January/February 2024
... may affect the mental and emotional health of Indigenous people. For instance, one study identified that environmental ...
Premise / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM June 2024
... The weight of the matter Worldwide, more than 240 million people have symptomatic and activity-limiting osteoarthritis ... 1 ] In Canada, arthritis affects more than 6 million people. More than 23% of women and 17% of men in Canada live ... to 56% of patients were women.[ 3 ] More than 650 million people worldwide have obesity,[ 1 ] currently defined as a ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD November 2024
... I was much curvier, and if I didn’t watch what I wore, people wouldn’t take me seriously. “Just be careful” ... and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and LGBTQIA2S+ people. This is contrary to many Indigenous beliefs and ... is tragic, as most of our First Nations were matriarchal people, which shaped our culture and languages. These ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Eiko Waida, MD, FRCPC, FAAP* March 2024
... and the organization. The IHA PQI dyadic model activates people’s agency on an interpersonal level with the hope and ...