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Clinical Articles / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... surgical skills in Canada as of July 2022, although this may underestimate the total family physician surgical ... Position Paper on Rural Surgery and Operative Delivery in 2015. The authors concluded that enhanced surgical ... affected by this inequitable access. Addressing this issue must be prioritized in the effort to decolonize health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... as informed by recent developments in the field. While we may touch on areas of evolving knowledge, it is beyond the ... and affected less than 0.05% of the population, but by 2015, the prevalence was estimated as at least 1% in both ... necessary in some cases. A companion article in this issue reviews the psychopharmacological treatment of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: barbara findlay, MA, LLB, QC March 2022
... 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 ... Centre, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia. 2015. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... [ 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 ... throughout the province. In focus groups held in 2010 and 2015 for 12- to 22-year-olds in rural and urban BC, a key ...
MDs To Be / BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc May 2021
... a social network.[ 2 , 3 ] Social isolation is a prevalent issue among older adults, who are at higher risk due to the ... for loneliness; therefore, intergenerational programs may help address this underlying issue.[ 24 ] Another study ... as concluded in a literature review conducted by Park in 2015, intergenerational programming has a positive effect on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Antonia Hyman, MSc April 2020
... BC Ministry of Health and all BC’s health authorities in 2015[ 6 ] and by Doctors of BC in 2019.[ 7 , 8 ] The ... care and the different perspectives Indigenous patients may have on health and wellness. Shift the definition and ... like to acknowledge that the activities discussed in this issue of the BCMJ took place on the traditional unceded ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
... you’re looking at this scientifically, you might have an issue with the correlation of use to health risks, because one “daily user” may smoke all day, every day, and another “daily user” ... use disorder, DSM-5 304.3.  Date of first visit: January 2015 to October 2017. Inclusion criteria: Self-reported ...
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 ... or without anxiety identified in a primary care setting may not obtain a referral to specialized mental health ... 2000 physicians and clinics across the province. Since 2015, Bounce Back has also been implemented in several health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... Canada, and the second leading cause of cancer death as of 2015.[ 4 ] In 2010 the lifetime risk for developing breast ... with screening of RR 0.80 to 0.82.[ 6-8 ] These studies may, however, underestimate the current effectiveness of ... clinically apparent before the patient’s death. The issue then is one of results that precipitate overtreatment. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... department with postoperative concerns, meaning surgeons may not be aware of or involved in the identification and ... using data collected at Chilliwack General Hospital in 2015. The study was approved for commencement by the local ... result in fragmentation of postoperative care and is an issue for several reasons. First, patients who require ...