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Shared Care Committee, COVID-19 / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM June 2021
... hospitals and medical facilities from being swamped by people who could readily be helped elsewhere in the ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC November 2021
... the leading cause of disability in Canada, with one in two people affected by 40 years of age.[ 1 ] Now, COVID-19 has ... outside the public health care system. Consequently, most people end up managing their mental health in primary care,[ ... were comparable to the in-person experience, with more people preferring the virtual groups. The virtual format also ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP March 2020
... Krever inquiry into the blood system after thousands of people received infected blood products in the 1980s.[ 1 , 2 ... makeup of Canada’s population. Potential donors (healthy people between 17 and 35 years of age) can register online by ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD January/February 2019
... from migraines to plantar fasciitis, and the number of people suffering from pain, currently one in five, is ... on pain can enhance chronic pain management for many people.[ 1 ] Past president of the American Academy of Pain ... diseases.” McGowan estimates that between 3000 and 3500 people participate in the program every year, and that half ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Jacob L. Stubbs, BKin May 2019
... fire and ambulance is that more often than not we know the people’s names, we’ve cared for them day in and day out, ... you? An easy way to look at harm reduction is as meeting people where they’re at. For the person with sleep ... emergency rooms have barriers for some individuals. Many people in this neighborhood cannot go through the triage ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2019
... Shannon the day of her inauguration. Speaking of young people, what are the challenges that medical students and ... later. That route’s a lot more difficult now, and people decide what they want to do early on, by the end of ... tone for the family practice being patient-centred, where people come, they feel welcome, they feel like their needs ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: David Unger, MD December 2018
... themselves are potentially harmful, and that they expose people to risks of addiction—an increasingly fatal disease. ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews July/August 2018
... Spanish. Since moving to Vancouver I try to care for people in their first language, and in return they correct my ... spot, there is a mismatch between the jobs we are training people for and the jobs that are available. That is why I’m ... their work and personal lives and continue to grow as people and healers. They want models of support that allow ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2017
... the amazing work of these doctors. But in order to let people know about the work our physician colleagues are doing ... by a layperson to medicine or to the welfare of the people of BC or Canada. Doctors of BC Silver Medal of ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Val Tregillus May 2017
... in Vancouver at the Sheraton Wall Centre. Close to 600 people came from all over BC to share their experiences, ... meeting of the group, which now numbers more than 2600 people, including seven health authorities, three ministries ... the mental health and substance use needs of their young people and their families. Impact of childhood trauma The ...