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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 ...
Proust for Physicians March 2021
... What is your idea of perfect happiness? The experience of people coming together in mutual understanding and respect. ... I use the word colleague a lot. It’s intentional: I want people to understand that we are working toward something ...
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., ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Hasina Samji, PhD, MSc June 2021
... remote, and northern communities; and gender-diverse people). Engaging youth to speak to their needs and ...
Proust for Physicians June 2021
... at my home in Nicaragua. Surrounded by animals and the people I love. Staring out over the ocean, trees, birds, and ...
Obituaries July/August 2021
... a profound effect on me and my family, as she had on many people’s lives. I met Paddy in the early 1990s when we ... for working with the addicted population applied to people in all circumstances. She truly believed in her work ... of procuring plants for her garden. Everywhere we went people knew who she was and of her magnificent gardens. It ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Stephanie Gin, RN, MPH July/August 2021
... that BC is on track to achieve elimination by 2030, 28 607 people living with HCV in BC remain untreated.[ 1 ] Many have ... of social and economic marginalization. Around 17% of people testing antibody positive in BC between 1990 and 2018 ... in Canada to recommend one-time birth cohort screening for people born between 1945 and 1965. As this birth cohort ...
Obituaries / BY: Patrick Fay, MD September 2021
... feeling being that in order to understand a country or a people you had to understand the language. While she was a ...
Obituaries / BY: Paul Wright, MD September 2021
... Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. Legacies are about people, and Pat created legacies. He was a leader and an ...