Cultural Competence

The professional order overseeing the province’s doctors was the first group to testify at two days of consultations on a bill aimed at instituting a “cultural safety approach” toward Indigenous patients.

Just over a year ago I interviewed Carolyn Thomas, a heart attack survivor who now advocates for women’s heart health, after initially being wrongly diagnosed and dismissed by her local hospital.

The overdoses, which sent six people to hospital, are being investigated by public health authorities and police.

Twenty-one have severe illness or hemolytic uremic syndrome.

Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jennifer Whiteside told reporters Friday that staff initially began reaching out to youth last November, but the centre at 786 Powell Street has now been officially launched.

Studies have linked better health outcomes in Black patients to having a healthcare provider of the same race.

At the end of the mock scenarios, students are expected to call the police and give a statement.

About 37% of dog owners thought canine vaccination could make their dogs develop autism, despite the fact that there is no data behind that idea and that the link between vaccines and autism has been thoroughly researched and debunked in humans.