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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 ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Mandy Ruthnum, MD, FCFP January/February 2021
... 15 minutes. During that time, I spoke with three different people. I was booked in by a clerk, who requested my son’s ... numerous conversation with others, I was amazed how few people are aware of this number, including doctors. I suspect ...
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 ...
Back Page / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... but compliance with the apparatus is not great. The people in pulmonary medicine usually say that if you are not ...
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 ...
MDs To Be / BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc May 2021
... Seniors Council estimate that approximately 50% of people over the age of 80 report feelings of loneliness.[ 6 ] ... 18 ] In Fujisawa, Japan, Aoi Care houses elderly people with dementia, and is unique in that its residents ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2021
... surgery.[ 8 ] While prescreening can identify some people who are at increased risk of harboring COVID-19 ... prevalence rates, without preoperative testing, infected people will undergo elective surgery and have an increased ...
MDs To Be / BY: Tristan Jeffery, BSc October 2021
... on research, often relational, being inclusive of people’s experiences, spirituality, and culture. Western ... together two ways of knowing to allow a diverse group of people to use all understandings to improve the world. ... has since been used in research projects with Indigenous people across a variety of disciplines, but applications vary ...