A summary of the proposed bill provided by the One BC Party says it would have also stopped doctors from providing puberty blockers to minors, prevented the use of ‘wrong pronouns’ in schools and banned the use of public funds for gender transitions.
If you had to quickly explain to someone what a pharmacist does, what would you say? Your answer may be important for ensuring the profession is valued by patients, policy makers—and future pharmacists.
In the wake of Trump’s comments, the Autism Research Centre in Toronto has received calls from anxious parents asking ‘are you sure I didn’t harm my child in pregnancy, because I remember I had a cold? I remember I had an infection. I know I took Tylenol.’
The third episode of the 'Rings a bell' podcast—hosting educational conversations to help busy pharmacy professionals stay on top of the clinical info they need—covers general metabolic health as it relates to pharmaceuticals, the microbiome and nutrition.
Over the past few years, I’ve written several articles praising the Canadian healthcare system based on my own experiences or the experiences of those close to me. But my family’s recent experience has me wondering if the system is collapsing into third-world status or if this incident was simply an outlier.