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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Book Review by Anya Selleck A few years back in university, a friend of mine in medical school gave me a book to read. I didn’t read it. Like so many of my generation, while studying, we place ourselves on a definitive trajectory to our desired goal. […]

B4stage4: Changing the way we think about mental health and addiction

B4stage4: Changing the way we think about mental health and addiction

September, 2016 Canadian Mental Health Association – BC Division Everyone in British Columbia has a right to mental health and addiction care that is valued equally with physical health care (1). If a person becomes unwell, the mental health services they access should be equal to physical health services (2). This should hold true regardless […]

Global variations in Western medicine

Full text (PDF, 1,040KB) Fung, V., Hemmons, P. Global variations in Western medicine. UBCMJ. 2016: 7.2 (48). ° Corresponding author: vincent.fung@alumni.ubc.ca a MD Student 2018, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC abstract Each year, hundreds of health care students from across Canada embark on travel abroad with the goal of improving health and education for […]

A clinical review of the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of opioid-related harms

Full text (PDF, 1,851KB) Zivanovic, R., Wood, E., Nolan, S. A clinical review of the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of opioid-related harms. UBCMJ. 2016: 7.2 (44). °Corresponding author: rebeccazivanovic@gmail.com a MD Student 2016, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC b British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul’s Hospital c Department of Medicine, University of […]

How are Canada’s doctors being trained to address the needs of marginalized populations across the specturm of medical education?

Full text (PDF, 968KB) Jutras, M. How are Canada’s doctors being trained to address the needs of marginalized populations across the specturm of medical education? UBCMJ. 2016: 7.2 (42-43). ° Corresponding author: mjjutras@gmail.com a MD Student 2018, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC Marc Jutras completed his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree at Simon Fraser […]