David Butcher
@DrDJMButcher
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Father, grandfather, family doctor, quality champion, musician.
Saltspring Island, BC
Joined December 2017
I never watched Lloyd Robertson, Knowlton Nash and Peter Mansbridge host The National and thought the CBC was "government-controlled", or should be "de-funded". Nor do I do so now with Adrienne Arsenault and Ian Hanomansing at the helm. Speak up if you agree.
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Four Things Patient Partners Want You to Know | Canada Health Infoway
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Saudi Arabia beats Argentina! Japan beats Germany! Jamais deux sans trois? #CanadavsBelgium @CANMNT2022
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Universal themes. Demoralization and moral injury are more damaging than excessive workload
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Dr. Christopher Applewhaite practices on Salt Spring Island, B.C., where, he says, half of the residents are without a family doctor. A growing workload and low pay have him regularly reconsidering...
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In places like Salt Spring Island in BC, #PrimaryCare is being hollowed out. Close to half the inhabitants don’t have a family physician. I went to check it out. This season on @cbcwhitecoat.
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"Until we accept that what we’re doing is not working, and move the conversation beyond just dollars to the systems transformation that’s needed to get our health care system back on track, we’re going to continue to see no action." — @KatharineSmart
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It's time to rethink Canada's health-care model before it suffers any further collapse, says the president of the Canadian Medical Association.
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Time to URGENTLY get over 2000+ years of western conditioning and realise… Nature isn’t a resource. It’s a complex living system & we’re part of it.
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The more people see us as tired, exhausted, over-stretched, the more they think we must be somehow … indispensable. That we matter.” ~ Joan Halifax 2/2 We matter without performance, perfecting and pleasing. Just as we are. ✨
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Congratulations to Dr. Granger Avery OC. A well deserved recognition and honour.
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Canadian sports icons including Stacey Allaster, Donovan Bailey and Angela James are among the 85 new appointees to the Order of Canada this year.
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Family Medicine Is Dying. Here’s How to Save It | The Tyee
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A prescription for change from a family doctor.
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Pandemics are complicated things, but a general rule applies: interfere with the mode of transmission trough condoms, soap, gloves, more soap, and masks. It's hard to do all this well but the strategy starts here -- interfere until R(t) drops below 1, and then persist.
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Me too. Same reason. The medically vulnerable deserve our support.
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This is the missing piece of the puzzle in BC’s approach to testing. Individual level testing and risk assessment complementing community and population levels. BC Should Be Doing More Rapid Testing, Experts Say | The Tyee
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The province is missing a chance to slow the spread of COVID’s fifth wave, say physicians.
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Vancouver Island has now taken over as the region with the fastest growing COVID case counts. A dubious distinction.
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B.C. health officials announced 437 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths on Friday.
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