July/August 2011

BC Centre for Disease Control

A resource for BC physicians handling cases of exposure to toxic substances in the environment

Clinical Articles

Approach to a child with a first afebrile seizure

Guideline for the management of convulsive status epilepticus in infants and children

The management of febrile seizures

Council on Health Promotion

Cannabis and motor vehicle crashes

College Library

Evidence is everywhere

Editorials

My owie in Maui, or Denial is not a river in Egypt

Depths of humanity

Improving the management of epilepsy in children

Family Practice Services Committee

Vancouver psychiatrists incorporate group medical visits into patient care

Letters

Drug therapy decision course misleading

Ephedrine: FDA and Health Canada

Naturopaths and prescription drugs

Re: Guide in Determining Fitness to Drive

Re: Problem-based learning

Suggestions re: faxed referrals

The College responds

MDs To Be

Reducing stigma and improving access to mental health care for youth

News

New diagnostic protocol for intellectual disability

Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors have only marginal benefits in COPD

Safer fertility drug for women leads to same live birth rate

Your BCMA insurance advantage

Additional selenium will not reduce cancer risk

BCMA releases physician workforce planning paper

CME update for specialists

Enhancing surgical care

FMWC fall conference features woman physician leaders

News&Notes

Special feature: Jetha “will not shy away from what needs to be said and done”

Obituaries

Dr Gordon Keith Heydon

President's Comment

Healthy doctors

Proust for Physicians

Proust questionnaire: Malcolm Brigden, MD

WorkSafeBC

Helping your injured worker patients return to work