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Clinical Articles / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2023
... have continued to increase.[ 3 , 4 ] Between January and December 2021, 7560 people died from opioid-related toxicity ... across 28 randomized controlled trials.[ 12 , 13 ] In 2016, the program was expanded through a partnership with the ... in the program stated: “Each session, I came in with an issue. [A Foundry Work and Education Program specialist] ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2022
... had the oldest average age of mothers in Canada.[ 1 ] In 2016, the average age of a person giving birth in BC was 31.5 ... to evolve. Advancing reproductive age is a public health issue. Even though society has changed since my parents’ ... 10 , 11 ] A Statistics Canada survey published in December 2021 made headlines for the 19.2% of respondents who ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Oxley, MD, FRCSC October 2021
... who underwent surgical procedures at JPOCSC from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2017, including those who had a procedure with ... pain and required cardiac monitoring, the cardiac issue was determined to be the more significant reason for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark A. Lau, PhD, R.Psych January/February 2019
... to high-quality mental health services remains a critical issue in Canada and a treatment gap exists.  Primary care is ... participants that impeded continuing with the program. (In 2016 more workbooks for the core anxiety module were ... after younger patients became eligible for Bounce Back in December 2016.  Positive impact Bounce Back has had a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... Ethics Board, data collection began and continued until December 2016. Establishing wait times Wait times were calculated for ... “Pit often helps me answer and move forward with an issue that I’m stuck on with a patient. Instead of waiting ...
Letters / BY: Robert Love, MD January/February 2017
... interest that I note an article and an editorial from the December 2016 issue of  Annals of Internal Medicine , which show that for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
... period was then extended by a further 4 months to 6 June 2016. Parliament passed Bill C-14 on 16 June 2016 and it ... (KNMG and KNMP). By the end of the study period, 17 December 2016, there were 8 physicians able to provide MAID, ... to the drugs required for assisted death has not been an issue. Prescribers and pharmacists have worked closely to ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD March 2017
In a letter to the editor published in the December issue of the  BCMJ  [2016;58:551-552], Dr Gerrard Vaughan, president of the ...
Blog / BY: Amanda Lavigne, BScPN
... Harms related to substance use remain a top public health issue in virtually every jurisdiction across Canada. In ... a public health emergency was declared in the province in 2016, with 49% of deaths occurring during the pandemic.1 In ... of Canada. Stigma around drug use. 2021. Accessed 20 December 2022. ...