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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 ...
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 ...
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: 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: 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 ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... alongside a live rat. Historical retrospection often makes people appear larger than life, but our image of Dr (and ...
Blog, COVID-19 / BY: Javis Lui, BA
... in BC. Screening colonoscopies for asymptomatic people with a family history of colon cancer or personal ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... physical medical issues. Whereas so far younger people seem to be at lower risk of severe health outcomes, ... to mental health.  In a recent Canadian study, 36% of people 15 to 34 years old, 27% of people 35 to 54 years old, and 14.5% of people 55 and older ...
Blog / BY: Robert Gilgoff
... at my age I would stop epiphing.  Maybe it’s the people on bikes  Coming toward me, That I always pass, That ... Psychologist, College of Psychologists of BC Blog The only people I pass are going the other way ...