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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 ...
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 ...
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January/February 2024
... over the next 3 years by age group, starting with people 55 and older. All self-collected samples will be ...
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: Joshua Greggain, MD
June 2023
... I come, and I appreciate the privilege I hold having these people in my life. In my human doing, I am a family ... as physicians whose profession lies in healing and helping people, it is important that we understand the impact of colonialism and its lasting effects on Indigenous people’s health and well-being. We should, as encouraged by ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP
January/February 2023
... of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people.”[ 4 ] It is achieved when everyone can attain their ... care can be critical to reducing disparities. Low-income people have greater prevalence of chronic illness and fewer ... Health systems should alleviate challenges that people face, not add to them, and facilitate access to the ...
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 ...