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President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC March 2024
... it simply makes us more alone. Yet, in the real world, people cheer when they hear someone has gotten into medical ... his sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, who had ALS. People would come to commiserate with Schwartz yet would ... Yet I find inspiration at work daily. I find it in the people who come together to look after a patient with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Frank X. Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc April 2024
... 6 days,[ 17 ] in BC, which has a population of 5 million people and more than 90 000 hospital visits for chest pain ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, ISAM April 2024
... their property and belongings when they die to certain people/entities under the will; (2) the person understands ... his death and before his last will, Edna discouraged other people from seeing or talking to Jack, especially his ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC April 2024
... emotional reactions. Anxiety, fear, and confusion drive people to accept false information—especially those in ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... resources. Canada has 2.6 hospital beds for every 1000 people, which is behind almost every Organisation for ... BC has even less—a mere 1.95 hospital beds per 1000 people. Canada also has significantly fewer physicians ... to reaching the OECD average of 4.3 hospital beds per 1000 people by 2035, doubling our current operating room capacity, ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC Early online
... of former Lego CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp: “Many creative people are finding that creativity doesn’t grow in ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP January/February 2024
... also known as decarbonization, is imperative to protect people from these harms. One of the most pressing issues in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carol-Anne Vallée, MD May 2023
... of reproductive choice and high-quality abortion for all people in Canada.[ 6 , 7 ] From 1969 to 1988, abortion care ... care providers offers a toll-free phone line to help people in BC who are seeking abortion care connect with their ... at an urban facility. In Canada and throughout BC, people who are seeking abortion may have difficulty finding a ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2023
... and may not fully capture the nature of anxiety in older people, especially among ethnic and racial minority groups. ... need to recognize the prevalence of anxiety, as many people go their entire lives normalizing it without seeking ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ka Wai Cheung, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2023
... leadership emphasizes the need to “care about people always, cultivate individual and team relationships, ...