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Beyond Medicine, Interviews July/August 2018
... Then once finished medical school, excellent applicants may not even get a residency spot in CARMS. And even after ... Care Committee, and the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issue]—function best when an observer would not be able to ... Dr Cadesky shortly before he became president on 2 June 2018. Beyond Medicine Interviews Advocating for something ...
Letters / BY: Stuart Kreisman, MD January/February 2018
... ] and of course I agree very strongly. You may recall my Premise piece, “Toward smoke-free multi-unit ... various levels of government have done little to move this issue forward over the last 6 years. Things are much better ... nationwide have complete smoke-free policies by July 2018.[ 1 ] On a personal level, getting the 75% strata vote ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2018
... pairing to heighten your meal experience?” On 17 October 2018 marijuana will become legal and will join alcohol as a ... parallels to alcohol consumption in our province. Adults may possess up to 30 grams of cannabis in a public place. If ... will have on medicinal marijuana use. I mused about this issue in my June 2017 BCMJ editorial. Unless the price of the ...
Letters / BY: Goldis Mitra, MD, CCFP July/August 2018
... for the community physician,” by Dr Caitlin Dunne in the May 2018 issue of the BCMJ . I am a new-to-practice community- and ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2017
... Doctors of BC will ensure adequate communication on this issue. There being no further questions, the motion to accept ... in the black, no increase in dues was recommended for the 2018 fiscal year. Dr Cathy Clelland asked, “As we move into ... guys. They did give us a very nice lunch, though. You may wonder, “How did things evolve to me being so ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... to themselves. In some situations the exhausted physician may even consider the symptoms to be a mark of heroism, of ... cowardliness in the line of fire) is a legitimate health issue. Monday, 10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day. ... reading Lynn Holden. ABC Bookworld. Accessed 10 September 2018. https://abcbookworld.com/writer/holden-lynn.  Blog ...
Blog / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC
... distribution.[ 2 ] Inequality has become a hot button issue in the politics of Western liberal democracies. It has ... amplify results. Farnum Street [blog]. Accessed 15 May 2019. https://fs.blog/2017/11/power-laws .  2.   ... cities, and countries. New York, NY: Penguin Books; 2018. 3.    Piketty T. Capital in the twenty-first ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... What brought this to my attention was a report in a recent issue of the Economist , “Not enough is known about the ... discs, or other hygienic products. Each of these devices may need changing several times a day over 4 to 6 days each ... Medieval to modern menstruation. Kt by Knix. 23 May 2018. Accessed 4 January 2023. ...
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 ... for tackling stigma in the health care setting In April 2018 the Interior Health Authority launched the Use Safe ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... Yet, for the person receiving the diagnosis, it may turn out to be not only a label for a condition, but a ... that are given their own diagnosis. Opportunities to issue diagnoses are further expanded as some issues in human ... expanding disease and producing disease. J Eval Clin Pract 2018;24:978-982. Lea M, Hofmann B. Dediagnosing – a novel ...