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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Karen Rideout, PhD, January/February 2014
... ] Food security means more than having enough to eat. Even people depending on soup kitchens may get enough food, but ... exists where you may not expect it. New immigrants, people who lack food skills, working families, pensioners, university students, people with limited mobility, and residents of new suburban ...
Letters / BY: Allan Donkin, MD, January/February 2014
... entire community has to make—not just a choice that some people can make but an option that everyone else has to choose not to take. People can no longer rest in the knowledge that their ... a high level of credibility and acceptability, putting people under pressure to choose suicide. I do not think that ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Daljeet Mahal, MSc, March 2014
... will outnumber the world’s population of 7 billion people.[ 1 ] The use of mobile communication technology such ... study exploring vulnerability among young Aboriginal people who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, Prince George, and ... and service utilization among young, transient Aboriginal people living with and at risk for HIV. This study will ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC March 2014
Many people consider complementary and alternative medicine to be ...
Letters / BY: John Dale, MD, April 2014
... conclusion that assisted suicide legislation will pressure people to choose suicide, but it will give many the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2014
... Salmonella  infection reported, up to 37, 47, and 49 people, respectively, are infected in the community. ...
Letters / BY: Allan Donkin, MD, June 2014
... the influence that assisted suicide would have on people who consider themselves a burden on others. In an ... and it is an attempt to play on the loyalties of people who feel strongly about a different issue in order to ... comparison. What is unique about terminal illness is that people frequently find themselves increasingly dependent and ...
Letters / BY: Bill Cavers, MD July/August 2014
... the public, we found we had low name recognition. Many people didn’t know who we were or what we did. We also ...
Letters / BY: C. Eve Rotem, MD, July/August 2014
... beds are available). Seeing what Dr Lowe and many other people have had to go through, it is time to tackle and solve ... should be discussed with a broader group, not only with people who have an incurable disease or are in constant ... pain clinics, is not always relieved. There are times when people are left to face a life that is not acceptable to ...
Letters / BY: James K. Mackenzie, MBBS, September 2014
... almost identical with mine. It seems to me that for those people who are truly disabled the disability pensions ... However, at the same time, there are clearly far too many people being awarded disability pensions on the basis of ...