July

Dr Katie Wilson died on 13 November 2017, having been diagnosed 8 months earlier with acute myeloid leukemia.

Dr John Harford Harland was born on 8 May 1923 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to a well-known Ulster family.

As part of an agreement established in 2012, Doctors of BC and WorkSafeBC are working on a pilot project aimed at improving disability management for injured workers. They will do so through a collaborative Projects and Innovation Committee, which will explore, develop, and implement solutions considered mutually beneficial to both parties. 

Health research has consistently demonstrated that active patient engagement and participation in chronic disease self-management results in significant and measurable health outcome improvements.[1] However, cultural minorities can be disadvantaged in accessing information and services to support them in their optimal self-management,[2,3] limited by their ability to fully participate in their health care due to barriers in language, literacy levels, and lack of culturally relevant health resources.[2-6] To bridge the health care dispar

6 June 2015, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC

With the Doctors of BC Annual Business Meeting and General Assembly happening in the midst of the remarkable runoff vote for president-elect between Drs Brian Day and Alan Ruddiman, there was a sense of anticipation in the room. Would there be fireworks? Tough questions? An impromptu debate between the two contests? None of these things came to pass, and Drs Granger Avery and Lloyd Oppel ran the meeting and assembly without incident.