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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 ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
April 2024
... hands. Stating the obvious, I also assumed that other people’s children were in excellent hands with me. So, when ...
Letters /
BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH
March 2024
... decreased drug poisoning and all-cause mortality among people receiving safer supply.[ 1 ] The number of people at risk of illicit drug poisoning in BC is large, and ... a team of BC researchers identified a provincial cohort of people with substance use disorder comprising 162 099 ...
Letters /
BY: Michael Cooper, MD, FRCPC
May 2024
... lives. Artificial intelligence will be a game changer for people with ADHD, but having a basic understanding of ...
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 ...
Editorials /
BY: Terri Aldred, MD
April 2024
... disease) form the most common stereotypes about Indigenous people in Canada. When I entered medical school, lecture ... I was well aware of the health disparities Indigenous people faced, and I recognized that bringing awareness was ... factor, and this perpetuates the narrative of Indigenous people being sick, harboring disease, and being at fault for ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Curtis May, MD, MPH, CCFP
Early online
... not work alone during hot conditions. Working with other people can allow for mutual monitoring for signs of heat ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
March 2024
... depend on one physician for an entire community of people. At a time when many of us in tertiary care settings ... anesthesiologists are just a few examples of the skilled people essential to a functional operating room. Any one of ... we are rich in resources in Canada, our system is failing people. Dr Karimuddin comes into the role with energy and ...
Letters /
BY: Jill Norris, MD, CCFP
May 2024
... and have come to this conclusion: good health care enables people to live their best lives. Good health care shows up ...
Letters /
BY: Min Jung Kim, BHSc
January/February 2024
... may affect the mental and emotional health of Indigenous people. For instance, one study identified that environmental ...