I just wanted to pass along congratulations on a successful conference. It was well organized, informative, thoughtful, and enjoyable. I certainly learned a few new things and enjoyed meeting the BCMJ Editorial Board.
I will pass this on to my colleagues here in Ontario. I look forward to obtaining the subscription to your journal as I had a chance to read several issues on my journey home.
Once again, congratulations on running a fine CME event, and I look forward to future events.
One solution to our health care crisis doesn’t involve a radical reconfiguration of the health care system or a two-tiered approach, but is simply a return to a model that helped pave the way for our socialized medicare system in the first place: the health cooperative.
Vancouver General Hospital: 100 Years of Care and Serviceby Donald Luxton. Vancouver General Hospital and Heather Heritage Society, 2006. Hardcover. $35. To order, contact the Heather Heritage Society, 1011 456 Moberly Road, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4L7, tel/fax: 604 224-3607, or e-mail m.ford@telus.net.
David Stewart Allan, MD, FRCSC, was born in April 1944, in Vancouver, BC, to school teacher parents. As a young lad he grew up in Port Moody and its environs, and under firm parental guidance he immersed himself in his studies and excelled academically. In his grade 12 provincial exams he attained over 95% in math and physics, and he went on to UBC where, after 3 years of pre-med studies, he was accepted into the Faculty of Medicine, graduating in 1969. A rotatating internship at VGH followed, and he then went on to a residency in obstetrics and gynecology in the UBC-VGH program.
WorkSafeBC’s new Pain Management Program is specifically designed for injured workers with complex pain issues. The multidisciplinary program, available in five clinics around the province, offers assessment and treatment by teams of physicians, psychologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and pharmacists.
Who is the program for?
The program is appropriate for injured workers:
• Whose primary barrier to return to work is pain and their ability to manage that pain.
