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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2018
... be obtained. The assumption that the greater than 80% of people who didn’t respond would have completed the survey ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP September 2018
... antivaccine movement counters with tales of profits-over-people, conspiracies to control individual freedoms, and ... misses the point: to achieve the goals of healthier people and societies, stories are exactly what we need.  ... and stories in our style to build bridges and appeal to people’s hearts as well as their heads.  And if using our ...
Letters / BY: Brian Brodie, MD September 2018
... the “same or better.” And so, our current products and people are not changing, they’re only going to be expanded ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2018
... Should we pick up some of that Indica Bob likes?” Will people go to cannabis tastings or on cannabis tours? Will ... has in the alcohol industry? Most would have to agree that people who make wine for a living do a much better job than the average garage vintner. As a result, will people be willing to pay a premium for quality, like they do ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2018
... do? 1.    Recognize that the health care system and the people it cares for are complex. Complex systems evolve over ... person but not another, or it may cause side effects. How people react to the same infection, treatment, or trauma is ... While we argue about the highest standard of privacy, people willingly give up some of this right daily to interact ...
Letters / BY: Zafar Essak, MD October 2018
... courage as a fundamental value at the company. We want people to speak the truth, and we say, ‘To disagree ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2018
... a good thing?” “My advice is to hang out with people who get the flu shot and stay away from the sickies. ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD November 2018
... Cadesky asked us to use science and stories to appeal to people.[ 3 ] Here is some science: kinetic energy equals one ... road crashes.” In the years 2008 through 2017, 3268 people died in motor vehicle incidents in British Columbia. Among the 298 people killed in motor vehicle incidents in BC in 2017, 163 ...
Editorials / BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC November 2018
... is one of Canada’s wealthiest provinces. So why do people with diabetes fare so poorly here? A stark picture was ... estimating that 29% of British Columbians (1.4 million people) are living with diabetes or prediabetes.[ 1 ] ... agreed-upon rights and self-care responsibilities for people living with diabetes, health care providers, and ...
Letters / BY: Geoffrey Ainsworth, MD December 2018
... the other 95% think. It is time for us to all insist that people who publish results of studies clearly state what the ...