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Point Counterpoint / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2017
... prolonged dying with poor symptom control has made people even more fearful of the dying process. And society ... which the MAID is provided, because it is well known that people’s desire for hastened death can change over time[ 1 ... a study at a Seattle Cancer Centre[ 2 ] showed that of 114 people who inquired into the Death with Dignity program, ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2016
... and influenza experts continue to recommend that people get vaccinated against influenza if they are at higher ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2012
... care” can all mean different things to different people.  All of the foregoing labels can be used to describe ... we live in a libertarian society where, within limits, people have the freedom to make choices other than the most ... who will note that the Samueli Institute is headed by people trained in “mind/body methods, spiritual healing, ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Hal D. Gunn, MD, June 2012
... reduce the risk of recurrence and improve survival of people with cancer (and thus, substantially reduce overall ... since high distress levels are common among people living with cancer. In a recent study of over 3000 ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, January/February 2011
... specific disease goals (e.g., A1Cs for diabetics, TSH for people on thyroid meds), and ensuring lab results are ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, September 2011
... describes herself and her MOA as “not computer advanced people at all,” but despite this they implemented an EMR in ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, November 2011
... the baby boomer generation, now turning 60, is a cohort of people who are used to being proactive about politics, about ... Centre in a town that contains a large proportion of people over 65. Over the 2 years since implementation he has ... patient data to ensure that he is proactively working with people with diabetes, hypertension, renal failure, and other ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Paul K.B. Dagg, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2010
... that we encounter on a regular basis in transporting people with psychiatric illness within the province of BC ... care in our PICU, adult, and geriatric programs for people from throughout the northern and southern interiors of ... of our providing tertiary services we provide care for people who cannot be cared for in general hospitals in their ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, March 2010
... change. “To effect large-scale change, you need to rally people behind a common goal,” he explains.  When he ... to get their agreement to select a common vendor. Some people already had an EMR, some were close to retirement, and ... practice and couldn’t afford it. The more I spoke to people, the more I got confirmation that it was a good idea. ...