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Obituaries / BY: S. Larry Goldenberg, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FCAHS September 2023
... away peacefully at Hilltop House hospice in Squamish, BC, surrounded by his loving wife and family. He was ... his military service at the National Defence Medical Centre in Ottawa and then moved his family to Vancouver, ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2023
... use disorders in Canada (as illustrated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and Health Canada’s ... health concerns affect young people disproportionally. In BC, one in four young people live with a mental health or ... with the goal of attaining a better quality of life in BC. Foundry Work and Education Program Foundry is a BC-wide ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Patricia M. Massel, MD June 2023
... are transported to hospitals by air ambulance within BC, and countless others travel privately to urban centres for outpatient care.[ 1 ] Northern BC is particularly remote, and reaching tertiary-level ... then discharged without shoes or wallets from an urban centre hundreds of kilometres away from their community. One ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jacqueline Maloney, PhD September 2023
... pandemic-era adolescent mental health and well-being in BC.[ 10 ] The YDI is an annual self-reported survey administered in BC secondary schools that asks youth ages 15 to 17 about ... PhD Senior Scientist in Population Mental Well-Being, BC Centre for Disease Control Assistant Professor, Faculty of ...
Obituaries / BY: Chris Scott-Kerr June 2023
... be deeply missed. We would like to thank his team from the BC Cancer Agency and palliative care, including the home care ... illness. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the BC Cancer Agency or the Victoria Hospice. A celebration of life was held on 7 May 2023 at the Monterey Recreation Centre in Oak Bay. —Chris Scott-Kerr Burnaby Obituaries Dr ...
Premise / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS November 2023
... the assistance of a College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC librarian. A systematic review conducted in 2021 ... continues to be either lacking or conflicting. The BC Centre for Disease Control[ 19 ] emphasizes the importance ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lynsey J. Hamilton, MSc November 2023
... ) and an app (on iOS and Android) and is free for all BC prescribers. Bugs & Drugs contains the latest ... tool[ 5 ] ( https://app.firstline.org/en/clients/39-bc-womens-hospital/steps/61581 ) available through BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre and BC Children’s Hospital can help you work with ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Brendan Tao, BHSc March 2023
... use trends, specifically stimulant-induced psychosis, in BC. Substance use in BC since 2007 More than a decade of evidence indicates that ... ] Continued pandemic effect According to the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and the Mental Health ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Amritpal Maniani, BSc April 2023
... as of 31 January 2023.[ 6 ] A coordinated effort by the BC Centre for Disease Control and the BC Ministry of Health has led to the creation of the ...
Letters / BY: Charles Ludgate, MD, OBC July/August 2023
... of five joint replacement specialty programs throughout BC in 2018.[ 1 ] This initiative followed the results of a ... This specialized team approach was refined by UBC’s Centre for Surgical Innovation, using four linked operating ... has increased, and the five joint replacement programs in BC have not become a reality. The South Island Surgical ...