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Point Counterpoint / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2017
... prolonged dying with poor symptom control has made people even more fearful of the dying process. And society ... which the MAID is provided, because it is well known that people’s desire for hastened death can change over time[ 1 ... a study at a Seattle Cancer Centre[ 2 ] showed that of 114 people who inquired into the Death with Dignity program, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark W. Tyndall, MD, ScD, FRCPC March 2017
... by law enforcement. Most of the deaths have occurred among people with long-standing opiate use, and the explanation for ... the risk. There are myriad reasons and events that launch people into habitual drug use—trauma, personal tragedy, ... indifference to the pain, suffering, and even death of people who buy drugs from the illicit market. If we ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Boluwaji Ogunyemi, MD March 2017
... I have always been passionate about working with people and I am fascinated by their stories. I also enjoy ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Melissa McLaws, DVM, PhD April 2017
... fatal zoonotic viral infection, and kills more than 59 000 people annually around the world, mostly in Asia and Africa. ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Bruce Campana, MD, FACEP, FRCPC April 2017
... do your favorite patients share? Courage. The bravest people I’ve ever met are those who know they are dying. ... What is your greatest regret? Not being able to tell some people I’ve hurt that I’m really sorry, and that I think ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD June 2017
... but wanted to do something more directly involved with people. My dad urged me to consider engineering, but genetic ... favorite patients share? Grace under pressure—ordinary people dealing with difficult circumstances and just doing ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc October 2017
... as directed by my doctor and not to share them with other people, as this would risk side effects and promote ...