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Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... which, in addition to children, particularly affect people with sexually transmitted diseases and women who’ve ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Brian Hillhouse, MD October 2019
For most people, texting has become second nature as a fast, easy way ...
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 ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Sean Virani, MD, May 2014
... may be affected by an inherited heart rhythm condition. People with this condition are at risk for sudden cardiac ... funding from other sources, has a steering committee of 18 people and more than 200 individuals involved. The SSC grant ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ian Courtice, MD, January/February 2013
... and medical school all rolled into one. It employs 36000 people including 2857 physicians and scientists. In practical ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ken Hughes, MD, May 2013
... satisfaction levels. We found that they’re not super-people, just regular people doing their jobs in a really effective way. We ...
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 ...
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 ...