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Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD April 2021
... to women who enter medicine in the future that they may be paid less despite doing the same work as men, solely because of their gender? The complexity of this issue and the solutions to it cannot be thoroughly discussed ... than ever before. The entering class of UBC Medicine in 2016 was 53.8% women.[ 2 ] Despite this, implicit ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... hospitalization data in BC from the 2009–10 to 2016–17 fiscal years were retrospectively described in ... [ 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: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... and successful management of chronic pain is essential and may prevent loss of independence. Opioids are also indicated ... opioid can resolve this. Opioids are not all the same In a 2016 study,[ 17 ] 520 people with cancer pain that was being ... ] but nonpharmacological therapies are also helpful. One issue to be mindful of is obstructive sleep apnea because ...