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Clinical Articles / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... in Canada, notably in British Columbia.[ 1 ] Data from 2011 indicated that, in BC, women who resided more than 1 ... surgical skills in Canada as of July 2022, although this may underestimate the total family physician surgical ... affected by this inequitable access. Addressing this issue must be prioritized in the effort to decolonize health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, ISAM April 2024
... an enhanced section 9 representation agreement, an adult may authorize a representative to decide on a wider scope of ... information and set out what type of capacity is at issue and what the legal test is for that type of capacity.[ ... of British Columbia: Enduring power of attorney [form]. 2011. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: barbara findlay, MA, LLB, QC March 2022
... child was limited by section 41(f) of the Family Law Act (2011), which specifies that a guardian’s rights are subject ... Note that there is no specific age cutoff in BC: a minor may be competent to decide about a particular medical ... health care provider.[ 20 ] Though no case has decided the issue directly, it is likely that a minor would have to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... data by DA were collected from Statistics Canada’s 2011 and 2016 Census Profiles.[ 15 ] Descriptive statistics ... [ Figure 3 ]. Conclusions Self-poisoning is a considerable issue in BC, where high rates and increasing trends among ... 19,[ 17 ] mental health and antidepressant accessibility may have contributed to increased self-poisoning rates among ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... with screening of RR 0.80 to 0.82.[ 6-8 ] These studies may, however, underestimate the current effectiveness of ... last issued guidelines for breast cancer screening in 2011.[ 7 ] These included a weak recommendation for ... clinically apparent before the patient’s death. The issue then is one of results that precipitate overtreatment. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andy Jiang, BSc December 2018
... unstudied even though these are undoubtedly also an issue. Since a greater understanding of all-cause poisoning ... Age-standardized rates per 100 000 were calculated using 2011 BC population numbers. Trends were analyzed with linear ... results that indicate the risk of unintentional poisonings may be intrinsically linked to a particular developmental ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel J. Lithwick, MHA, April 2016
... records were investigated over a 26-year period (1986 to 2011) to determine the incidence and causes of SCD in high ... screening without an ECG. Finally, potential differences may have existed within the study populations: the athletes ... (0.9%).[ 13 ] High false-positive rates have also been an issue in screening with history and physical examination. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... increase in the population catchment area from 2006 to 2011.[ 4 ] The move by full-service family physicians to ... developed. Often dubbed “walk-in care,” such a system may address the issue of timely access but often fails to offer continuity of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gil Kimel, MSc June 2014
... HF mortality.[ 5 ] Serum b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) may be helpful for prognostication as well, since BNP levels ... Clinic was introduced at St. Paul’s Hospital in January 2011, and later at Vancouver General Hospital. The objective ... revised version of the article published in the June 2014 issue ( BCMJ  2014;56:224-229). The authors corrected an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... their activities appropriately, and some physicians may be pressured by colleagues to practise outside their area ... moving to a system of criteria-based privileging. Since 2011 the provincial Privileging Standards Project has been ... the profession, many of which we have discussed here. The issue of currency has been an especially hot topic for ...