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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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: Joshua Greggain, MD September 2023
... and implement the health-care rights of Aboriginal people as identified in international law, constitutional ... address the jurisdictional disputes concerning Aboriginal people who do not reside on reserves, we call upon the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Priya Manjoo, MD March 2023
... of psychological and behavioral interventions is to help people living with obesity to implement sustainable life ...
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 ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD April 2023
... identify them, then we can become unsustainable, both as people and as professionals. When we step away from our ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD November 2023
... shape the future. This is your opportunity to ensure the people you want representing you in leadership roles at ... who is doing well, long arms to give hugs to one or more people when they are struggling, and high heels to be seen at ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD May 2023
... but it does give me pause to think about how I recognize people in my professional life. Am I someone who takes a lot ...