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Care of gender-dysphoric youth is an issue of current debate. It demands closer attention to the science and also to the gaps in scientific evidence and informed-consent processes.

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It was nice to see articles in the June BCMJ reflecting the seriousness of the crisis in our health care system. I have worked as an internist under a Social Credit government, Liberal government, and NDP government. They had one thing in common: they made physicians fight very hard for any improvements across all aspects of health care.

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“Doctor, can I have a Mirena IUD? I can’t afford to get pregnant again,” asked a postpartum patient who had multiple adverse conditions in pregnancy. “Of course, let’s chat about it,” I replied. “You don’t understand, my OB said she might be able to get me one for free.”

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Dealtry Fairbank was delivered into this world by his mother in their English home on 6 May 1924 and Bill Fairbank left the world on 25 February 2022, 5 days after experiencing a cerebral hemorrhage. His daughter, Angela, was holding his hand when he breathed his last breath at Cottage Hospice in Vancouver, and our world will never be the same.

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