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Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC March 2021
... A rapid vaccine rollout has many roadblocks, from some people’s initial hesitancy to receive a novel vaccine to ... supply, our society must balance vaccinating as many people as possible in short order with the strict timing ... there was no difference in vaccine efficacy between the people who got their second dose at day 19 and the people who ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB January/February 2021
... those of us who do to keep them safe. I suspect that the people who do not wear masks are also the people who do not avoid gatherings. Do they do so out of ... illness. The pandemic has also brought out the best in people. So many health care workers and frontline workers of ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2021
... around for CARMS interviews, so I had to explain that to people. But I think people could see I was genuinely interested in it, so it ... of a problem before it starts. In general psych I’d see people with substance use, psychosis, really intractable ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD March 2021
... that offers us inexpensive face-to-face access to other people allows us to feel closer to those we can’t be close ... anxiety, for most of us. It’s interesting to hear what people dream of doing when the pandemic is so-called ... can express grief, compassion, and care where words fail. People let into a circle of compassionate touch know that ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), JD, LLM, SJD March 2021
... governance structure to advance inclusion of First Nations people in health care design and decision making.[ * ] ... p. 8). The problem Racism is the belief that a group of people are inferior based on the color of their skin or their ... nonattachment was 88.5% higher than that of non-Indigenous people.[ 1 ] The review also examined avoidable ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2021
... Significant numbers of vaccine refusals are likely as people worry about potential adverse health outcomes. ... terrible virus. It is estimated that roughly 300 million people died from smallpox in the 20th century. Its case ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2021
... harm-reduction services has significant implications for people who use drugs (PWUD). One of the cornerstones of ... analysis revealed lower rates of THN kit possession among people who use drugs by non-injection routes.[ 22 ] However, ... consumption sites and overdose prevention sites, people with lived experience are acting as first responders, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... and youth. Among 10- to 17-year-old Canadians, 2140 young people were hospitalized due to self-poisoning during the ... provide free mental health services for children and young people up to 18 years old in BC, although a 2019 BC Coroners ... administered to a large representative sample of young people age 14 to 21 in Victoria, BC, in 2003 and 2005, 17% of ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2021
... were directed toward the often-marginalized population of people who use drugs and the overdose crisis. Forgive me for ...
MDs To Be / BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc May 2021
... Seniors Council estimate that approximately 50% of people over the age of 80 report feelings of loneliness.[ 6 ] ... 18 ] In Fujisawa, Japan, Aoi Care houses elderly people with dementia, and is unique in that its residents ...