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Obituaries / BY: Gillian Hodge, MD January/February 2024
Dr Roger Hubert Vincent Page died peacefully in Ridge Meadows Hospital in Maple Ridge ... in Barriere, and Marion, a retired nurse living in Menno Home in Abbotsford. Roger worked on the farm with his family ... deep faith, from early days in Matsqui to his final church home at Haney Presbyterian Church. He studied his Bible, ...
Back Page / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD September 2023
... her unfolding dementia. I could no longer leave her at home alone. I took her shopping with me, watching that she ... still haunt me. Her experiences were inhumane. Back Page Dementia and assistance in dying: A catch-22 ...
Back Page / BY: Tej K. Khalsa, MD, MSc, FRCPC January/February 2023
... medicine practice at the Mayo Clinic,[ 11 ] and now in my home province of BC, I continue to tell my patients that we ... tomorrow, for every human being, depends on it. Back Page Hope for change ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Mandy Ruthnum, MD, FCFP January/February 2021
13 November 2020 Did you know that you may have to stay home for 24 days if one of your children tests positive for ... later to get the result. In the meantime, we would stay at home so as not to potentially expose anybody else. At home, ... the numbers that apply to all citizens across Canada. Back Page COVID-19 The first swab ...
Back Page / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD December 2021
... she would swallow. We cared for my very much loved wife at home until recently, when she was moved to a long-term care ... function need to be given special consideration. Back Page The informed consent paradox ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Kristina Jenei, BSN September 2020
... in regulating our global climate. These environments are home to animals and insects that carry known human pathogens ... like predators.” Competing interests None declared. Back Page COVID-19 On reading Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Abe Zacharias, MD, FRCPC July/August 2020
... with the hospital routine. I looked forward to going home to Winkler on the weekend. Just as I arrived home, our family doctor called, wanting to see me. His first ... assistance with the preparation of this article. Back Page COVID-19 Quarantine, tuberculosis, and the curtailment ...
Letters / BY: Reza Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD July/August 2019
... safe to consume? This beautiful illustration on the cover page may have unintentional educational consequences for your readers. The take-home message is that macro features [ Figure ] of the death ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD June 2017
... drips on a tin roof at night, interrupting sleep. The 30-page provincial application for persons with disabilities is ... are pursuing the adoption of the Patient Medical Home. Ambitious doctors or civil servants will not advance ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... of my colleagues who had the weekend off. There was a page over the hospital intercom—“Dr Ruddiman to the ... considering the empathy that was generated in our home I’m disappointed in myself when I think back. Having ...