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BC Stories / BY: Lauren Lypchuk, MD, CCFP January/February 2024
... medical student in Scotland, who was taking elderly people for free rides in the community on a specialized ... days/week, May through October, with 45 volunteers taking people out for free rides. We have now taken 1000+ seniors on ... out from the confines of their residences. We meet many people along the way (I counted more than 200 one ...
Back Page / BY: Tej K. Khalsa, MD, MSc, FRCPC January/February 2023
... in a decline in hopefulness.[ 1 ] In 2021–2022, 64% of people in Canada were hopeful about the future, down from 75% ... hopefulness has been outmatched by British Columbia, where people have experienced a more marked decline of 14%. The ... to me that the vast majority of transgender and nonbinary people do not feel hopeful about the future.[ 1 ] In my ...
Back Page / BY: David May, MD, CCFP October 2023
... play in qathet, on the traditional lands of the Tla'amin people. The name “qathet” was gifted to the then Powell ... dominant culture decide whether the harms done to Tla'amin people and our rights outweigh their attachment to ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Jiwei Li, MD March 2022
Good news: people are healthier and living longer. However, if a ... As our elderly population increases, so does the number of people living with frailty. It is projected that well over 2 ...
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 ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Mandy Ruthnum, MD, FCFP January/February 2021
... 15 minutes. During that time, I spoke with three different people. I was booked in by a clerk, who requested my son’s ... numerous conversation with others, I was amazed how few people are aware of this number, including doctors. I suspect ...
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 ...
Back Page / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... but compliance with the apparatus is not great. The people in pulmonary medicine usually say that if you are not ...
Back Page / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD December 2021
... today, Canada’s MAID law is under revision to include people with mental illness in the future. That will be an ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Kristina Jenei, BSN September 2020
... worldwide and over 700 000 deaths.[ 3 ] Billions of people around the globe have been ordered to shelter in ... and preserve a lack of safety nets. And the challenges people face in the Western world pale in comparison to those ...