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BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2020
... (COVID-19) is taking a devastating toll globally. As of May 2020, there have been 76 000 cases of COVID-19 ... an ongoing public health emergency was declared in April 2016 related to high rates of drug overdose deaths. In the ... making it difficult to determine implicated substances and issue meaningful community alerts. Overdose deaths increased ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD October 2018
... morbidity and mortality associated with activities that may cause harm. Harm reduction applied to substance use is a ... replaced the policy of needle exchange in BC. From 2007 to 2016, HIV diagnoses in people who inject drugs declined from ... harm-reduction services. Physicians can help address the issue of marginalization by examining their own assumptions ...
Premise / BY: Martin C. Wale, BM BS, FRCPath, MBA March 2017
... by most health authorities for the first time during the 2016 privileging cycle. BC MQI also acts as holder of the BC ... supports (training, simulation experience, etc.) may be required to maintain currency in the context of service requirements. Where collection of data is an issue, this should be raised in that conversation.  ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
In 2016 physician-assisted death will become legal in Canada. ... withdrawing life-sustaining therapy[ 1,2 ] suggest people may be confused about their right to make life-determining ... The author is currently guest editing a theme issue on palliative care that she hopes to publish in the  ...