Search

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 ...
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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC January/February 2021
... response measures are likely to disproportionately impact people with fewer resources, poorer health, and those already ... over time, particularly for younger populations.[ 4 ] People who use drugs are a subpopulation acutely affected by ... to mitigate these unintended harms and better support people who use drugs during the pandemic.[ 7 ] Not all ...
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 ...
College Library / BY: Niki Baumann April 2021
... care for patients who have experienced a traumatic event. People who have experienced traumatic events may find the ...
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 ...
News May 2021
... death and her evolving courage to be involved with dying people. In the blog writers’ group, Paige Dean’s post ...
News, COVID-19 May 2021
... if they are eligible for early vaccines designated for people who are clinically extremely vulnerable, and, if they ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC May 2021
... to unprecedented levels in British Columbia. In 2020, 1724 people died of drug overdose compared to 984 people in 2019.[ 1 ] There has been a significant increase in ... 3 ] Increasing exposure to benzodiazepines puts many people who use drugs at risk for withdrawal symptoms (e.g., ...