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Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... density; 36% have category C: heterogeneously dense, which may obscure small masses; and 7% have category D: extremely ... breast tomosynthesis was approved by Health Canada in 2012, and several sites in BC acquired the technology. It is ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... withdrawing life-sustaining therapy[ 1,2 ] suggest people may be confused about their right to make life-determining ... can help make the individual feel heard and supported. A 2012 systematic review and meta-ethnography of the underlying ... The author is currently guest editing a theme issue on palliative care that she hopes to publish in the  ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... explicit shaming of physicians. The so-called evaluations may be based on time spent in the doctor’s waiting room, ... appear to be particularly well attended. The bothersome issue is that neither the good nor the shaming comments are ... commenting about the outcome of their efforts. In a 2012 CMAJ article by Roger Collier, “Professionalism: ...
Blog / BY: Amanda Lavigne, BScPN
... helps raise awareness of the impacts of stigma and may increase motivation to change stigmatizing behaviors and ... Harms related to substance use remain a top public health issue in virtually every jurisdiction across Canada. In ... Service. Illicit drug toxicity deaths in BC: January 1, 2012 - January 31, 2022. Accessed 7 April 2022. ...