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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2016
... the governing Conservative Party in a big way. Most people seem excited about the change in our federal ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... or withdrawing life-sustaining therapy[ 1,2 ] suggest people may be confused about their right to make ... a response to patient experiences of poor quality dying. People were dying in hospital surrounded by machines that ... palliative care is involved in dying, its aim is to help people live as well as is possible until their natural death. ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB January/February 2016
... by physicians on the front lines—work that not enough people know about. In BC physicians are emerging as leaders ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC March 2016
... this isn’t the case for everyone. Each year in BC many people at higher risk of acquiring these infections face ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2016
... If I wore glasses and ran a little gel through my hair people would still recognize me; how does Superman handle his ...
Editorials / BY: Saul Isserow, MBBCh April 2016
... safe and beneficial active lifestyle that so many people enjoy is made even safer and more beneficial.  In the ...
Letters / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP April 2016
... in the article, this was a superficial analogy to get people thinking. And it seems to have triggered some thinking ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD December 2016
... quality of his leadership. I can only hope the American people take the next step and elect a woman to the Oval ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2016
... events than immunizing those who are susceptible; in such people, pre-existing immunity will interfere with replication ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS December 2016
... caregivers provide an estimated 70% to 75% of care to people receiving home care. That translates to roughly 8 ... on any given day. In BC there are approximately 1 million people filling this role, most of whom are caring for a ... family caregivers and, in turn, negatively impacting the people they care for and generating additional pressures on ...