2007 Subject Index

An asterisk (*) indicates a clinical or review article. Letters to the editor (c), Editorials (ed), Back Page (bp), BC Centre for Disease Control (cdc), Council on Health Promotion (cohp), In Memoriam (im), Insurance Corporation of BC (icbc), Medical Library Service (mls), Medical Student Column (bcmd2b), Premise (op), Pulsimeter (pu), and WorkSafeBC (wsbc) are noted by abbreviations. Subentries are listed alphabetically. Location of articles is by issue number followed by beginning page number.

ABORIGINAL HEALTH—ABORIGINAL PHYSICIANS
First Nations doctor explores traditional medicine (pu) 9:506
Fostering the growth of the Aboriginal physician population (cohp) (Caron N) 10:576
Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* (Söchting I, Corrado R, Cohen IM, et al.) 6:320

ACCIDENT--ACCIDENT BENEFITS See also INSURANCE CORPORATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA; WORKSAFEBC
Clinical decision making--An evidence-based approach to managing ICBC claims (icbc) (Ray M) 5:234
ICBC medical claims coverage (icbc) (Ray M) 1:12

ACCOLADES—AWARDS
BC Family Physician of the Year (pu) 1:33
BC innovation awards (pu) 9:507
Call for nominations (pu) 1:33; 2:88; 8:450
David Allen: Physician, friend, and truly good guy (gg) 3:143
Dr Allan & New West Surgical Journal Club (c) (Merchant RN) 6:300
Dr Allan & service to the profession (c) (Turner J) 6:301
Dr John Blatherwick--An appreciation (gg) (Kendall PRW) 10:578
Drs Gowd, Henniger, and Royle: Three gold medal vintages from the Okanagan (bp) (Benedet JL) 5:286
Love wins MacDermot prize (pu) 2:86
Penny receives Order of Canada (pu) 3:144
Petty receives Masters Award (pu) 1:33
Scholarships for your children’s education (pu) 2:86

ADDICTIONS—SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Book review: Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy (pu) (Oetter, HM) 5:273
Homeless in Vancouver: the CAST trial (ed) (Oetter HM) 4:173
New COHP committee to address addictions (cohp) (Oppel L) 6:302
Tools for addictions care: A community learning perspective* (Love M) 1:26
Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001 - 2005* (Callaghan R, Victor C, Matsuba K, et al.) 7:382

ADOLESCENT—ADOLESCENT  HEALTH
The discipline of adolescent medicine in BC (op) (Tonkin RS) 10:538
Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001 - 2005* (Callaghan R, Victor C, Matsuba K, et al.) 7:382

AIR QUALITY
BC first to implement new Air Quality Health Index (cohp) (Hasselback P) 4:208

ALBUMIN
ACR has value (c) (Levin A, Craven N) 2:57

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Alternative medicine debate (c) (McDowell T) 9:473
An approach to critical thinking for health care professionals (op) (Arneja S) 10:547
First Nations doctor explores traditional medicine (pu) 9:506
Herbal medicine and psychiatric disorders (c) (Wong HCG) 5:230
Honey: No longer last line? (c) (Fehlau B) 6:300
More success with honey* (Wilson T) 8:428
Self-report of use of traditional Chinese medicine by patients attending a cross-cultural psychiatry outpatient clinic* (Mok H, Yeh J) 2:68
Sweet success? Honey as a topical wound dressing* (Cimolai N) 2:64

ANEMIA
When hypotransferrinemia obscures the diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis: A case report* (Whittington C) 1:24

ANTIBIOTIC USE See PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

ANTIPRESSANTS
Venlafaxine: Troubling toxicity in overdose (cdc) (Webb J) 1:10

ANTENATAL  See PREGNANCY

ASTHMA
Pharmacare: Please note mountain of evidence supporting LABAs (ed) (Lawson LM) 6:294

AWARDS See ACCOLADES

BC CANCER AGENCY See CANCER

BC CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL
Controversies in drug safety (Cadario B) 3:112
Cryptococcus gattii in BC: Update on an emerging  disease (Galanis E, Waters S, Li M, et al.) 7:374
Prevention of bites is key to summer safety in BC (Henry B, Morshed M) 6:303
Re: Fewer doses of pneumococcal vaccine for infants (c) (Patrick D) 1:36
Recommended use of point-of-care HIV tests (Gilbert M, Wong E, Spencer D, et al.) 4:177
Seeking efficiencies in immunization programs in British Columbia (Naus M) 9:478
The latest on hepatitis C infection in BC (Buxton JA, Krajden M) 8:447
Tuberculosis and TNF--*** inhibitors—Dangerous liaisons? (Elwood RK, Cook V) 2:60
Venlafaxine: Troubling toxicity in overdose (Webb J) 1:10

BCMA
Club MD 1:47; 2:99; 3:159; 4:219; 5:287; 6:343; 7:411; 8:460; 9:503; 10:579
New members (pu) 1:16; 2:95; 7:366; 8:462
Heated rhetoric or Holy Grail? (c) (Rae A) 1:9
Updates from WorkSafeBC (wcb) (Graham D) 1:17
Agreement news update (pu) (Youatt F) 1:34; 2:88; 3:147; 4:205; 5:272; 6:330
Allocation: Looking for a better way (op) (Appleton G) 10:533
BCMA financial snapshot 2006 (Rix D) 7:380
BCMA president responds (c) (MacDiarmid M) 5:229
BCMA-government partnership benefits family physicians (pu) (Vance G) 7:368
BCMA--Tell them what you think (ed) (Wilson JA) 10:529
Call for nominations (pu) 8:450
Contesting the arbitration award (c) (Lynskey J) 5:229
CPRSP and CME entitlement (pu) (Allison G) 9:508
Fall insurance tour (pu) (Braid S) 6:328
From 0 to 60 right out of the gate (op) (Appleton G) 7:353
HBTF, MOBP: What does it all mean? (pu) (Braid S) 6:328
Important developments in the Subsidiary Agreement for Physicians in Rural Practice (gpsc) (Avery G) 8:426
Leaving with mixed feelings (op) (MacDiarmid M) 5:232
Love wins MacDermot prize (pu) 2:86
Major BCMA survey coming in January (pu) (Vance G) 10:535
Mobile auto insurance road service (pu) (Braid S) 5:273
New insurance certificates arriving soon (pu) (Braid S) 2:88
Old issues bog down meeting (Draper J) 7:377
Pharmacare and insurance plans (pu) (Braid S) 2:85
Put up a parking lot (ed) (Wilson JA) 9:469
Scholarships for your children’s education (pu) 2:86
Setting our house in order (op) (Draper J) 7:359
Speaking of crime (c) (Henderson B) 9:472
The BCMA responds (c) (Appleton G) 9:475
The governance and representation dilemma (pu) (Garg A) 2:85
Transparency and Board function (c) (Essak Z) 9:474
What the new Physician Master Agreement means to you (op) (Appleton G) 9:476

BC MEDICAL JOURNAL
First BCMJ cruise conference goes swimmingly (bp) (Draper J) 3:162
Go team! (ed) (Wilson JA) 3:104
Guidelines for Authors 1:42; 5:278; 6:333; 9:512
Guilt-free CME (ed) (Rowe TC) 1:6
Love wins MacDermot prize (pu) 2:86
Re: Sweating the really, really small stuff (c) (Wolochow MS) 7:366
Results from BCMA annual report survey (pu) 9:505
Successful conference (c) (Weir M) 3:108

BILLING See also BCMA--GENERAL PRACTICE SERVICES COMMITTEE
Back to basics (ed) (Rebbeck PM) 10:530
CL19 fee increase effective 1 August 2007 (pu) 7:370
Divided we stand, divided we fall (ed) (Day B) 3:105
Medical advisors--Your WorkSafeBC resource (wsbc) (Graham D) 5:276
New childhood immunization fee codes (pu) (Rife B) 4:202
Seeking efficiencies in immunization programs in British Columbia (cdc) (Naus M) 9:478
Updates from WorkSafeBC (wsbc) (Graham D) 1:17

BLOOD--BLOOD PRODUCTS
Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* (Droubatchevskaia N, Wong MP, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 8:441
Guidelines for frozen plasma transfusion* (Wong MP, Droubatchevskaia N, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 6:311
The latest on hepatitis C infection in BC (cdc) (Buxton J, Krajden M) 8:447

BOOK REVIEWS
A Doctor’s Calling: A matter of conscience (pu) (Myers MF) 9:504
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures (pu) (Richardson D) 3:144
Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2007 (pu) (Oetter HM) 10:564
Facing Death, Embracing Life: Understanding what dying people want (pu) (Knell E) 6:327
Goldfrank’s Manual of Toxicologic Emergencies (pu) (Vroom WR) 8:425
Law and Ethics in Biomedical Research: Regulation, conflict of interest, and liability (pu) (Oetter HM) 10:564
Living with FASD--A Guide for Parents (pu) (Asante K) 1:32
Medication Safety in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding (pu) (Rowe TC) 10:564
Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy (pu) (Oetter, HM) 5:273
The Methamphetamine Crisis: Strategies to save addicts, families, and communities (pu) (Wilson JA) 9:502
Vancouver General Hospital: 100 Years of Care and Service (pu) (Day B) 3:144

BRAIN INJURY
Assessment and treatment services for injured workers with head injuries (wcb) (Graham D) 2:96
Traumatic brain injury and iatrogenic morbidity* (Davis H) 9:495

BREAST MILK
Breast milk substitutes resource (pu) 2:85

CANCER
Breast cancer survivors underestimate recurrence risk (pu) 9:506
Signs of prostate cancer (pu) 7:373

CARDIAC—CARDIOVASCULAR
Coronary computed tomographic angiography in British Columbia: A review* (Heilbron B, Andrews G, Isserow S, et al.) 2:78
Exercise and the heart: A review of the early studies, in memory of Dr R.S. Paffenbarger* (Andrade J, Ignaszewski A) 10:540
Lack of benefit in treating high homocysteine levels with vitamins* (Rippel D, Ignaszewski A, Frohlich JJ) 1:20
New technology heart pumps (pu) 9:507

CHILD HEALTH See also INFANT HEALTH
Each of us was once a child (cohp) (Boulton B) 8:449

CLAIMS
ICBC—Auto insurance and more (icbc) (Ray M, Gill A) 2:61
ICBC medical claims coverage (icbc) (Ray M) 1:12

CHOKING
Choking prevention (pu) (Ludemann JP, Dehghani N) 9:504

COAGULATION
Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* (Droubatchevskaia N, Wong MP, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 8:441
Guidelines for frozen plasma transfusion* (Wong MP, Droubatchevskaia N, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 6:311

COLLEGE LIBRARY
Information @ point of care (lib) (Clendenning L, MacDonell K, Neill J) 3:148
Information for patients (lib) (Clendenning L, MacDonell K, Neill J) 9:508
PIER on PDA: Just another acronymic phrase? (lib) (Clendenning L, MacDonell K, Neill J) 7:352
Putting Google in its place (lib) (Clendenning L, MacDonell K, Neill J) 5:277
We’re back! (lib) (Clendenning L, MacDonell K, Neill J) 1:16

COMMENT
Allocation: Looking for a better way (Appleton G) 10:533
Every day is a gift (MacDiarmid M) 4:175
From 0 to 60 right out of the gate (Appleton G) 7:353
Leaving with mixed feelings (MacDiarmid M) 5:232
Mentors of the next generation of physicians (MacDiarmid M) 1:11
My goals: Unity, relevance, and stability (Appleton G) 6:297
October musings (Appleton G) 8:422
What the new Physician Master Agreement means to you (Appleton G) 9:476
You can’t keep a good doctor down (MacDiarmid M) 2:59

COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Multiple myeloma support groups (pu) (Plaster F) 7:371
Quick, effective tool for addressing smoking cessation (pu) (Corry E) 8:451

COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE See ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

COUNCIL ON HEALTH PROMOTION
50 years and going strong (Mackie B) 5:275
BC first to implement new Air Quality Health Index (Hasselback P) 4:208
Each of us was once a child (Boulton B) 8:449
Emergency planning and posttraumatic stress disorder (Gillespie I) 7:376
Exercise your influence (Wilson R) 1:15
Fostering the growth of the Aboriginal physician population (Caron N) 10:576
Go green: 10 steps to an eco-friendly office (Germain S, Mackie O, Copes R , et al.) 9:501
New COHP committee to address addictions (Oppel L) 6:302
Reality check needed for CME credits (Oppel L) 3:109
Taking our water supply for granted (Evans GM) 2:62

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII
Cryptococcus gattii in BC: Update on an emerging disease (cdc) (Galanis E, Waters S, Li M, et al.) 7:374

CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE See DRUGS

DEATH--DYING
Book review: Facing Death, Embracing Life: Understanding what dying people want (pu) (Knell E) 6:327
Physicians and patients, then and now (op) (Ross MA) 8:429
Vancouver Home Hospice Palliative Care (pu) (Spring B) 6:328

DEPRESSION
A comparison of diabetic complications and health care utilization in diabetic patients with and without comorbid depression* (Dufton JA, Li WW, Koehoorn M) 8:436
Venlafaxine: Troubling toxicity in overdose (cdc) (Webb J) 1:10

DIABETES
A comparison of diabetic complications and health care utilization in diabetic patients with and without comorbid depression* (Dufton JA, Li WW, Koehoorn M) 8:436
BC: the land of substandard diabetes care? (ed) (Haigh SE) 2:56

DISABILITY See also BCMA, INSURANCE, WORKSAFEBC
ICBC offers free access to the ODG web site (wsbc) (Gill A) 10:552
To MRI or not to MRI? (icbc) (Ray M) 6:304

DIVING MEDICINE
Hyperbaric chamber safety (wsbc) (Graham D) 6:305

DRUGS—DRUG USE
Book review: The Methamphetamine Crisis: Strategies to save addicts, families, and communities (pu) (Wilson JA) 9:502
Controversies in drug safety (cdc) (Cadario B) 3:112
Pandemic influenza and physician offices* (Daly P) 5:263
Pharmacare: Please note mountain of evidence supporting LABAs (ed) (Lawson LM) 6:294
The use of low-dose neuroleptics in the treatment of patients with severe personality disorder: An adjunct to psychotherapy* (Steinberg PI) 6:306
Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* (Söchting I, Corrado R, Cohen IM, et al.) 6:320
Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001 - 2005* (Callaghan R, Victor C, Matsuba K, et al.) 7:382
Use of vaccines and antiviral drugs in the next influenza pandemic* (Stiver HG) 5:249

EDITORIALS
Back to basics (Rebbeck PM) 10:530
BC: the land of substandard diabetes care? (Haigh SE) 2:56
BCMA--Tell them what you think (Wilson JA) 10:529
Crime and punishment (Salvian AJ) 5:227
Dinosaurs (Richardson DR) 7:354
Divided we stand, divided we fall (Day B) 3:105
Dr Ballem and failed collegiality (Wilson JA) 1:4
Go team! (Wilson JA) 3:104
Guilt-free CME (Rowe TC) 1:6
Homeless in Vancouver: The CAST trial (Oetter HM) 4:173
I think I need a doctor (Wilson JA) 7:350
Pharmacare: Please note mountain of evidence supporting LABAs (Lawson LM) 6:294
Pharmacist prescribing: Good medicine? (Wilson JA) 2:52
Priorities (Rowe TC) 8:421
Put up a parking lot (Wilson JA) 9:469
Sermon from Saltspring (Wilson JA) 8:418
Sweating the really, really small stuff (Wilson JA) 4:170
TDF (trendy diagnosis fatigue) (Haigh SE) 9:471
Vitamin D, the new panacea (Wilson JA) 6:293
What about Ralph? (Wilson JA) 5:226

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD See also INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
EMR program update (pu) (Appleton G) 7:373
EMR web site (pu) (Brookstone A) 10:536

EMERGENCY PLANNIG/PREPAREDNESS
Emergency planning and posttraumatic stress disorder (cohp) (Gillespie IA) 7:376
Pandemic preparedness exercise (pu) (Gillespie IA) 3:146

ENDOCRINE
TDF (trendy diagnosis fatigue) (ed) (Haigh SE) 9:471

ENVIRONMENT
BC first to implement new Air Quality Health Index (cohp) (Hasselback P) 4:208
Go green: 10 steps to an eco-friendly office (cohp) (Germain S, Mackie O, Copes R, et al.) 9:501
What about Ralph? (ed) (Wilson JA) 5:226

ETHICS
Book review: Law and Ethics in Biomedical Research: Regulation, conflict of interest, and liability (pu) (Oetter HM) 10:564
Priorities (ed) (Rowe TC) 8:421
Put up a parking lot (ed) (Wilson JA) 9:469

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
An approach to critical thinking for health care professionals (op) (Arneja S) 10:547
Clinical decision making--An evidence-based approach to managing ICBC claims (icbc) (Ray M) 5:234
ICBC offers free access to the ODG web site (icbc) (Gill A) 10:552
The antenatal record has been revised (pu) (Lee L) 7:369

FATIGUE
The glory of sleep deprivation (c) (Allen M) 9:474
Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* (Fok M, Townson A, Hughes B, et al.) 7:387

FIRST NATIONS See ABORIGINAL

GENERAL PRACTICE SERVICE COMMITTEE See also BCMA
Advanced access key to better patient care, less stress for GPs and MOAs (gpsc) (Vance G) 10:551
BCMA-government partnership benefits family physicians (pu) (Vance G) 7:368
Important developments in the Subsidiary Agreement for Physicians in Rural Practice (Avery G) 8:426
Practice support update from the General Practice Services Committee (gpsc) (Kallstrom L) 9:509

GOVERNMENT
BC: the land of substandard diabetes care? (ed) (Haigh SE) 2:56
BCMA-government partnership benefits family physicians (pu) (Vance G) 7:368
Bed-finding proposal (c) (Thommasen H) 2:58
Divided we stand, divided we fall (ed) (Day B) 3:105
Each of us was once a child (cohp) (Boulton B) 8:449
Failure in Canada’s medical system (c) (Arkinstall WW) 6:296
Financial discrimination (c) (Henderson B) 10:534
Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* (Droubatchevskaia N, Wong MP, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 8:441
I think I need a doctor (ed) (Wilson JA) 7:350
Important developments in the Subsidiary Agreement for Physicians in Rural Practice (gpsc) (Avery G) 8:426
Pharmacare and insurance plans (pu) (Braid S) 2:85
Pharmacare: Please note mountain of evidence supporting LABAs (ed) (Lawson LM) 6:294
Pharmacist prescribing: Good medicine? (ed) (Wilson JA) 2:52
Physicians and health authorities: Key partners in an influenza pandemic* (Mackie C, Lu J) 5:258
You can’t keep a good doctor down (op) (MacDiarmid M) 2:59

GUIDELINES
Book review: Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2007 (pu) (Oetter HM) 10:564
Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* (Droubatchevskaia N, Wong MP, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 8:441
Guidelines for frozen plasma transfusion* (Wong MP, Droubatchevskaia N, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 6:311
ICBC offers free access to the ODG web site (icbc) (Gill A) 10:552
To MRI or not to MRI? (icbc) (Ray M) 6:304

HEAD INJURY See BRAIN INJURY

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
A comparison of diabetic complications and health care utilization in diabetic patients with and without comorbid depression* (Dufton JA, Li WW, Koehoorn M) 8:436
Bed-finding proposal (c) (Thommasen H) 2:58
Dinosaurs (ed) (Richardson DR) 7:354
Dr Ballem and failed collegiality (ed) (Wilson JA) 1:4
Each of us was once a child (cohp) (Boulton B) 8:449
Every day is a gift (op) (MacDiarmid M) 4:175
Factors influencing career choices made by medical students, residents, and practising physicians* (Ko HH, Lee TK, Leung Y, et al.) 9:482
Failure in Canada’s medical system (c) (Arkinstall WW) 6:296
Health cooperatives in BC: The unmet potential (bcmd2b) (MacKay L) 3:139
I think I need a doctor (ed) (Wilson JA) 7:350
Introduction to pandemic influenza* (Daly P, Gustafson R, Kendall P) 5:240
No skilled practitioners (c) (Krisman A) 7:357
Pandemic influenza: Public health measures* (Gustafson R) 5:254
Pharmacare and insurance plans (pu) (Braid S) 2:85
Physicians and health authorities: Key partners in an influenza pandemic* (Mackie C, Lu J) 5:258
Private insurance is no answer (c) (Hendry K) 7:356
Private insurance is no answer (c) (White RF) 7:356
Rural procedures manual (pu) (Lyon T) 3:145
What about Ralph? (ed) (Wilson JA) 5:226
You can’t keep a good doctor down (op) (MacDiarmid M) 2:59

HEALTH CARE WORKERS
Academic and educational role of international medical graduate psychiatrists in British Columbia* (McKenna M, Ganesan S, Soma R) 7:393
Health worker shortage in southern Africa (pu) 6:329
Preventing occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other biohazardous materials (wsbc) 7:367

HEALTHY EATING/LIVING
50 years and going strong (cohp) (Mackie JW) 5:275
Exercise your influence (cohp) (Wilson R) 1:15

HEMOCHROMATOSIS
When hypotransferrinemia obscures the diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis: A case report* (Whittington C) 1:24

HEPATITIS
The latest on hepatitis C infection in BC (cdc) (Buxton J, Krajden M) 8:447

HIV/AIDS
Dr John Blatherwick--An appreciation (gg) (Kendall PRW) 10:578
Health worker shortage in southern Africa (pu) 6:329
Recommended use of point-of-care HIV tests (cdc) (Gilbert M, Wong E, Spencer D, et al.) 4:177

HOMOCYSTEINE
Lack of benefit in treating high homocysteine levels with vitamins* (Rippel D, Ignaszewski A, Frohlich JJ) 1:20

HONEY
Honey: No longer last line? (c) (Fehlau B) 6:300
More success with honey* (Wilson T) 8:428
Sweet success? Honey as a topical wound dressing* (Cimolai N) 2:64

HOSPITALS
Bed-finding proposal (c) (Thommasen H) 2:58
Physicians and patients, then and now (op) (Ross MA) 8:429

HYPERBARIC CHAMBER
Hyperbaric chamber safety (wsbc) (Graham D) 6:305

HYPOTRANSFERRINEMIA
When hypotransferrinemia obscures the diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis: A case report* (Whittington C) 1:24

IMAGING
Coronary computed tomographic angiography in British Columbia: A review* (Heilbron B, Andrews G, Isserow S, et al.) 2:78
SMP gets new look (pu) (MacDonald A) 8:427
To MRI or not to MRI? (icbc) (Ray M) 6:304

IMMUNIZATION See VACCINE

INCONTINENCE
Reported complications of tension-free vaginal tape procedures: A review* (Rapoport D, Fenster HN, Wright JE) 9:490

INFANT HEALTH
Attachment disorders* (Reebye P, Kope T) 4:187
Attachment: Clinical perspectives* (Kope T, Reebye P) 3:116
Early recognition of infant mental health concerns* (Phillips S, Best ML) 3:121
Feeding disorders of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers* (Steinberg C) 4:183
Infant mental health, Part 1: Clinical concerns* (Kope T, Lansky PS) 3:114
Infant mental health, Part 2: Interventions for some clinical disorders* (Kope T, Lansky PS) 4:180
New birth body length and head circumference charts for the British Columbia population* (Kierans WJ, Kendall PRW, Foster LT, et al.) 2:72
New childhood immunization fee codes (pu) (Rife B) 4:202
Posttraumatic stress disorder in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers* (Blank M) 3:133
Regulation disorders of sensory processing in infants and young children* (Reebye P, Stalker A) 4:194
Toward comprehensive treatment for postpartum depressed mothers and their infants* (Lansky PS, Oberlander T) 3:126

INFECTION PREVENTION
Pandemic influenza and physician offices* (Daly P) 5:263

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Coronary computed tomographic angiography in British Columbia: A review* (Heilbron B,  Andrews G, Isserow S, et al.) 2:78
EMR program update (pu) (Appleton G) 7:373
EMR web site (pu) (Brookstone A) 10:536
Information @ point of care (mls) (Clendenning L, MacDonell K, Neill J) 3:148
Network of clinicians to share e-health experiences with peers (pu) 9:504
Obesity tool online (pu) 4:203
PIER on PDA: Just another acronymic phrase? (Clendenning L, MacDonell K, Neill J)  7:352
Putting Google in its place (mls) (Clendenning L, MacDonell K, Neill J) 5:277
We’re back! (lib) (Clendenning L, MacDonell K, Neill J) 1:16

IN MEMORIAM See OBITUARIES

INSULIN See DIABETES

INSURANCE See also BCMA
50 years and going strong (cohp) (Mackie B) 5:275
Commercial office insurance--Know your limits! (pu) (Braid S) 9:505
Failure in Canada’s medical system (c) (Arkinstall WW) 6:296
Future insurance option (FIO) (pu) (Braid S) 10:534
Home insurance: know your limits (pu) (Braid S) 4:204
ICBC—Auto insurance and more (icbc) (Ray M, Gill A) 2:61
Insurance Q&A--Coming to a city near you (pu) (Braid S) 7:372
Mobile auto insurance road service (pu) (Braid S) 5:273
New insurance certificates arriving soon (pu) (Braid S) 2:88
Pharmacare and insurance plans (pu) (Braid S) 2:85
Pregnant BC physicians take note (pu) (Braid S) 3:148
Private insurance is no answer (c) (Hendry K) 7:356
Private insurance is no answer (c) (White RF) 7:356
Reduce your tax burden--Enroll in the BCMA Core-Plus Plan (pu) (Braid S) 7:372
Wondering where your 2006 life insurance refund is? (pu) (Braid S) 10:534

INSURANCE CORPORATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
CL19 fee increase effective 1 August 2007 (pu) 7:370
Clinical decision making—An evidence-based approach to managing ICBC claims (Ray M) 5:234
ICBC medical claims coverage (Ray M) 1:12
ICBC studies risk behaviors (Vavrik J) 9:480
ICBC—Auto insurance and more (Ray M, Gill A) 2:61
Managing patient privacy and legal obligations (Ray M) 4:178
Mobile auto insurance road service (pu) (Braid S) 5:273
To MRI or not to MRI? (Ray M) 6:304

INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATE
Academic and educational role of international medical graduate psychiatrists in British Columbia* (McKenna M, Ganesan S, Soma R) 7:393

IRON--IRON OVERLOAD
When hypotransferrinemia obscures the diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis: A case report* (Whittington C) 1:24

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING See also IMAGING
To MRI or not to MRI? (icbc) (Ray M) 6:304

MEDICAL EDUCATION
Alternative medicine debate (c) (McDowell T) 9:473
CME credits and reality (c) (Faulkner S) 6:296
Dr Oppel replies (c) (Oppel L) 6:298
Dr Oppel responds (c) (Oppel L) 7:364
From puritanism to McCarthyism (c) (Ross MA) 6:301
Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* (Droubatchevskaia N, Wong MP, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 8:441
Guilt-free CME (ed) (Rowe TC) 1:6
Mentors of the next generation of physicians (op) (MacDiarmid M) 1:11
Our foe: The fixed idea (c) (Malthouse S) 7:358
Reality check needed for CME credits (cohp) (Oppel L) 3:109
What’s Up, Doc?: WorkSafeBC/UBC 8th Annual Conference (wsbc) 8:448

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Medical Equipment Loan Service (pu) 10:536

MEDICAL HISTORY
Physicians and patients, then and now (op) (Ross MA) 8:429

MEDICAL HUMOR
Guilt-free CME (ed) (Rowe TC) 1:6
Having piles (bp) (Fraser GC) 9:522
Led by the nose (bp) (Fraser GC) 1:46
Ring their necks (bp) (Fraser GC) 4:218

MEDICAL-LEGAL
Book review: Law and Ethics in Biomedical Research: Regulation, conflict of interest, and liability (pu) (Oetter HM) 10:564
Managing patient privacy and legal obligations (icbc) (Ray M) 4:178
Physicians and health authorities: Key partners in an influenza pandemic* (Mackie C, Lu J) 5:258
Where family medicine and law connect (op) (Zutter DL, Beck L) 9:498

MEDICAL SERVICES PLAN
Divided we stand, divided we fall (ed) (Day B) 3:105
Failure in Canada’s medical system (c) (Arkinstall WW) 6:296
Financial discrimination (c) (Henderson B) 10:534

MEDICAL STUDENTS
Factors influencing career choices made by medical students, residents, and practising physicians* (Ko HH, Lee TK, Leung Y, et al.) 9:482
The glory of sleep deprivation (c) (Allen M) 9:474
Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* (Fok MC, Townson A, Hughes B, et al.) 7:387

MENTAL HEALTH See also PSYCHIATRY
Early childhood mental health services (pu) (Steinberg C) 6:328
Herbal medicine and psychiatric disorders (c) (Wong HCG) 5:230
The use of low-dose neuroleptics in the treatment of patients with severe personality disorder: An adjunct to psychotherapy* (Steinberg PI) 6:306
Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* (Söchting I, Corrado R, Cohen IM, et al.) 6:320

MENTORS--MENTORING
Factors influencing career choices made by medical students, residents, and practising physicians* (Ko HH, Lee TK, Leung Y, et al.) 9:482
Fostering the growth of the Aboriginal physician population (cohp) (Caron N) 10:576
Medical women mothers’ meeting (pu) (Nightingale P) 8:425
Mentors of the next generation of physicians (op) (MacDiarmid M) 1:11
October musings (op) (Appleton G) 8:422
Priorities (ed) (Rowe TC) 8:421

METHAMPHETAMINE See DRUGS

MOSQUITO
Prevention of bites is key to summer safety in BC (cdc) (Henry B, Morshed M) 6:303
Protecting the blood supply from West Nile Virus--BC update, 2007 (pu) (Bigham M, Growe G) 7:370

MOTOR VEHICLES/ACCIDENTS See also ICBC
Guide to drive: Feedback please (pu) (McCracken J) 10:536

MULTIPLE MYELOMA
Multiple myeloma support groups (pu) (Plaster F) 7:371

NATIVE See ABORIGINAL

NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT--NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Assessment and treatment services for injured workers with head injuries (wsbc) (Graham D) 2:96
Traumatic brain injury and iatrogenic morbidity* (Davis H) 9:495

NORTHERN HEALTH--See RURAL & NORTHERN HEALTH

OBESITY
Obesity coaching and support (pu) (Lyon T) 1:33
Obesity tool online (pu) 4:203

OBITUARIES
Berry, Dr Kenneth (Kavanagh-Gray D) 1:18
Beyerstein, Dr Barry (Oppel L) 10:554
Cambon, Dr Kenneth (Bryce G) 8:452
Ellis, Dr Ronald Douglas (Henderson C) 7:398
Hacking, Dr Annette Elisabeth (Cook M, Zoffman E) 5:271
Harper, Dr Reginald Robert (Albrecht J) 7:397
Hoogewerf, Dr Peter Edward (Skowronski DM) 5:270
Marinker, Dr Simon (Matthews M) 5:270
Menzies, Dr Cecile Nanette (Menzies N) 8:452
Miles, Dr James E. (Morrant C) 1:18
Miller, Dr Hugh Standfield (Day B) 4:207
Mooney, Dr A.W. (McDonnell CE) 10:553
Pasquet, Dr Andre F (Pasquet E) 7:398
Smith, Dr Michael Foster (Lee R, Goresky G) 10:554

OCCUPATIONAL INJURY/DISEASE See WORKSAFEBC

PAIN MANAGEMENT
Updates from WorkSafeBC (wsbc) (Graham D) 3:111

PANDEMIC
Correction--pandemic preparedness 4:170
Introduction to pandemic influenza* (Daly P, Gustafson R, Kendall P) 5:240
Pandemic influenza and physician offices* (Daly P) 5:263
Pandemic influenza: Laboratory diagnosis* (Petric M, Krajden M) 5:245
Pandemic influenza: Public health measures* (Gustafson R) 5:254
Pandemic influenza--A primer for physicians* (Skowronski DM, Kendall P) 5:236
Pandemic preparedness exercise (pu) (Gillespie IA) 3:146
Physicians and health authorities: Key partners in an influenza pandemic* (Mackie C, Lu J) 5:258
Use of vaccines and antiviral drugs in the next influenza pandemic* (Stiver HG) 5:249

PATIENT CARE See HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, PATIENT SAFETY, PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, WORKSAFEBC

PATIENT SAFETY
Advanced access key to better patient care, less stress for GPs and MOAs (gpsc) (Vance G) 10:551
Controversies in drug safety (cdc) (Cadario B) 3:112
Dr Ballem and failed collegiality (ed) (Wilson JA) 1:4
Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* (Droubatchevskaia N, Wong MP, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 8:441
Hyperbaric chamber safety (wsbc) (Graham D) 6:305
ICBC studies risky behaviors (icbc) (Vavrik J) 9:480
Pharmacist prescribing: Good medicine? (ed) (Wilson JA) 2:52
Priorities (ed) (Rowe TC) 8:421
Protecting the blood supply from West Nile Virus--BC update, 2007 (pu) (Bigham M, Growe G) 7:370
The use of low-dose neuroleptics in the treatment of patients with severe personality disorder: An adjunct to psychotherapy* (Steinberg PI) 6:306
Venlafaxine: Troubling toxicity in overdose (cdc) (Webb J) 1:10
Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* (Fok M, Townson A, Hughes B, et al.) 7:387

PEDIATRIC See also PSYCHIATRY, INFANT HEALTH
Acute pediatric psychiatry (c) (Kane B, Boulding R) 5:231
Each of us was once a child (cohp) (Boulton B) 8:449

PENSIONS
CPRSP and CME entitlement (pu) (Allison G) 9:508
UK state pensions (c) (Jones R) 7:357

PHARMACARE
Pharmacare: Please note mountain of evidence supporting LABAs (ed) (Lawson LM) 6:294

PHARMACIST PRESCRIBING
Pharmacist prescribing: Good medicine? (ed) (Wilson JA) 2:52
Re: Pharmacist prescribing (c) (Macartney HH) 5:228
Re: Pharmacist prescribing (c) (Shepherd R) 5:228
Re: Pharmacist prescribing (c) (Cutler JR) 5:228

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Exercise and the heart: A review of the early studies, in memory of Dr R.S. Paffenbarger* (Andrade J, Ignaszewski A) 10:540
Exercise your influence (cohp) (Wilson R) 1:15

PHYSICIAN COMPENSATION
Allocation: Looking for a better way (op) (Appleton G) 10:533
BCMA president responds (c) (MacDiarmid M) 5:229
Contesting the arbitration award (c) (Lynskey J) 5:229
CPRSP and CME entitlement (pu) (Allison G) 9:508
Financial discrimination (c) (Henderson B) 10:534

PHYSICIAN HEALTH
Book review: A Doctor’s Calling: A matter of conscience (pu) (Myers MF) 9:504
Medical women mothers’ meeting (pu) (Nightingale P) 8:425
October musings (op) (Appleton G) 8:422
Physician heal thyself (op) (Anonymous) 1:14
Physician Health Program gets new director (pu) 10:535
Priorities (ed) (Rowe TC) 8:421
Sermon from Saltspring (ed) (Wilson JA) 8:418
Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* (Fok M, Townson A, Hughes B, et al.) 7:387

PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
Information for patients (mls) (Clendenning L, MacDonell K, Neill J) 9:508
Physicians and patients, then and now (op) (Ross MA) 8:429

PITO See also ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Agreement news update (pu) (Youatt F) 1:34; 
Back to basics (ed) (Rebbeck PM) 10:530
EMR program update (pu) (Appleton G) 7:373

PLASMA see GUIDELINES

POLICY PAPERS
From 0 to 60 right out of the gate (op) (Appleron G) 7:353

POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Emergency planning and posttraumatic stress disorder (cohp) (Gillespie IA) 7:376
Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* (Söchting I, Corrado R, Cohen IM, et al.) 6:320

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Advanced access key to better patient care, less stress for GPs and MOAs (gpsc) (Vance G) 10:551

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
ACR has value (c) (Levin A, Craven N) 2:57
Back to basics (ed) (Rebbeck PM) 10:530
BC: the land of substandard diabetes care? (ed) (Haigh SE) 2:56
BCMA-government partnership benefits family physicians (pu) (Vance G) 7:368
Book review: A Doctor’s Calling: A matter of conscience (pu) (Myers MF) 9:504
Book review: The Methamphetamine Crisis: Strategies to save addicts, families, and communities (pu) (Wilson JA) 9:502
Clinical decision making--An evidence-based approach to managing ICBC claims (icbc) (Ray M) 5:234
Dinosaurs (ed) (Richardson DR) 7:354
Divided we stand, divided we fall (ed) (Day B) 3:105
Dr Ballem and failed collegiality (ed) (Wilson JA) 1:4
EMR web site (pu) (Brookstone A) 10:536
First Nations doctor explores traditional medicine (pu) 9:506
Go green: 10 steps to an eco-friendly office (cohp) (Germain S, Mackie O, Copes R, et al.) 9:501
Guidelines for frozen plasma transfusion* (Wong MP, Droubatchevskaia N, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 6:311
ICBC studies risky behaviors (icbc) (Vavrik J) 9:480
Information for patients (mls) (Clendenning L, MacDonell K, Neill J) 9:508
Medical Equipment Loan Service (pu) 10:536
No skilled practitioners (c) (Krisman A) 7:357
Pandemic influenza and physician offices* (Daly P) 5:263
Pandemic influenza: Laboratory diagnosis* (Petric M, Krajden M) 5:245
Pandemic influenza: Public health measures* (Gustafson R) 5:254
Pharmaceutical disposal (pu) (Maxwell S) 3:147
Pharmacist prescribing: Good medicine? (ed) (Wilson JA) 2:52
Physician heal thyself (op) (Anonymous) 1:14
Physicians and health authorities: Key partners in an influenza pandemic* (Mackie C, Lu J) 5:258
Physicians and patients, then and now (op) (Ross MA) 8:429
Practice support update from the General Practice Services Committee (gpsc) (Kallstrom L) 9:509
Protecting the blood supply from West Nile Virus--BC update, 2007 (pu) (Bigham M, Growe G) 7:370
Quick, effective tool for addressing smoking cessation (pu) (Corry E) 8:451
Reported complications of tension-free vaginal tape procedures* (Rapoport D, Fenster HN, Wright JE) 9:490
Rural procedures manual (pu) (Lyon T) 3:145
SMP gets good look (pu) (MacDonald A) 8:427
Sweet success? Honey as a topical wound dressing* (Cimolai N) 2:64
TDF (trendy diagnosis fatigue) (ed) (Haigh SE) 9:471
The antenatal record has been revised (pu) (Lee L) 7:369
The glory of sleep deprivation (c) (Allen M) 9:474
The use of low-dose neuroleptics in the treatment of patients with severe personality disorder: An adjunct to psychotherapy* (Steinberg PI) 6:306
To MRI or not to MRI? (icbc) (Ray M) 6:304
Tools for addictions care: A community learning perspective (bcmd2b) (Love M) 1:26
Traumatic brain injury and iatrogenic morbidity* (Davis H) 9:495
What the new Physician Master Agreement means to you (op) (Appleton G) 9:476
Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* (Fok M, Townson A, Hughes B, et al.) 7:387
You can’t keep a good doctor down (op) (MacDiarmid M) 2:59

PREGNANCY
Book review: Medication Safety in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding (pu) (Rowe TC) 10:564
The antenatal record has been revised (pu) (Lee L) 7:369

PRESSURE WOUNDS See HONEY

PSYCHIATRY--PSYCHOTHERAPY
A comparison of diabetic complications and health care utilization in diabetic patients with and without comorbid depression* (Dufton JA, Li WW, Koehoorn M) 8:436
Academic and educational role of international medical graduate psychiatrists in British Columbia* (McKenna M, Ganesan S, Soma R) 7:393
Acute pediatric psychiatry (c) (Kane B, Boulding R) 5:231
Attachment disorders (Reebye P, Kope T) 4:187
Early childhood mental health services (pu) (Steinberg C) 6:328
Early recognition of infant mental health concerns* (Phillips S, Best ML) 3:121
Infant mental health, Part 1: Clinical concerns* (Kope T, Lansky PS) 3:114
Posttraumatic stress disorder in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers* (Blank M) 3:133
Self-report of use of traditional Chinese medicine by patients attending a cross-cultural psychiatry outpatient clinic* (Mok H, Yeh J) 2:68
The use of low-dose neuroleptics in the treatment of patients with severe personality disorder: An adjunct to psychotherapy* (Steinberg PI) 6:306
Toward comprehensive treatment for postpartum depressed mothers and their infants* (Lansky PS, Oberlander T) 3:126
Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* (Söchting I, Corrado R, Cohen IM, et al.) 6:320

PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS See BRAIN INJURY, INFANT HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, PSYCHIATRY

PUBLIC HEALTH See also PANDEMIC
Dr John Blatherwick--An appreciation (gg) (Kendall PRW) 10:578
Prevention of bites is key to summer safety in BC (cdc) (Henry B, Morshed M) 6:303

RADON
Radon: the invisible health risk (pu) (Phillips B) 10:536

REFERRALS
Medical Equipment Loan Service (pu) 10:536
Referrals for expedited consultations (wsbc) (Graham D) 9:479

RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* (Söchting I, Corrado R, Cohen IM, et al.) 6:320

RETURN TO WORK See WORKSAFEBC

RURAL & NORTHERN HEALTH
Financial discrimination (c) (Henderson B) 10:534
Important developments in the Subsidiary Agreement for Physicians in Rural Practice (gpsc) (Avery G) 8:426
Rural procedures manual (pu) (Lyon T) 3:145
Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001 - 2005* (Callaghan R, Victor C, Matsuba K, et al.) 7:382

SCREENING
Recommended use of point-of-care HIV tests (cdc) (Gilbert M, Wong E, Spencer D, et al.) 4:177

SLEEP DEPRIVATION
The glory of sleep deprivation (c) (Allen M) 9:474
Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* (Fok M, Townson A, Hughes B, et al.) 7:387

SMOKING CESSATION
Quick, effective tool for addressing smoking cessation (pu) (Corry E) 8:451

SOCIAL ISSUES/RESPONSIBILITY
Crime and punishment (ed) (Salvian AJ) 5:227
Dr Salvian replies (c) (Salvian AJ) 9:472
Homeless in Vancouver: the CAST trial (ed) (Oetter HM) 4:173
New COHP committee to address addictions (cohp) (Oppel L) 6:302
Speaking of crime (c) (Henderson B) 9:472
Speaking of crime (c) (Williams B) 9:472
Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* (Söchting I, Corrado R, Cohen IM, et al.) 6:320

SOFT TISSUE
Pop goes the elbow (wsbc) (Graham D) 10:550
WorkSafeBC’s approach to gradual-onset soft tissue disorders (wsbc) (Robinson J, Graham D) 4:176

STUDIES—TRIALS—SURVEYS
2007 National Physician Survey is here (pu) 1:32
A comparison of diabetic complications and health care utilization in diabetic patients with and without comorbid depression* (Dufton JA, Li WW, Koehoorn M) 8:436
Academic and educational role of international medical graduate psychiatrists in British Columbia* (McKenna M, Ganesan S, Soma R) 7:393
BCMA--tell them what you think (ed) (Wilson JA) 10:529
Exercise and the heart: A review of the early studies, in memory of Dr R.S. Paffenbarger* (Andrade J, Ignaszewski A) 10:540
Factors influencing career choices made by medical students, residents, and practising physicians* (Ko HH, Lee TK, Leung Y, et al.) 9:482
Homeless in Vancouver: the CAST trial (ed) (Oetter HM) 4:173
Lack of benefit in treating high homocysteine levels with vitamins* (Rippel D, Ignaszewski A, Frohlich JJ) 1:20
New birth body length and head circumference charts for the British Columbia population* (Kierans WJ, Kendall PRW, Foster LT, et al.) 2:72
New COHP committee to address addictions (cohp) (Oppel L) 6:302
Pharmacare: Please note mountain of evidence supporting LABAs (ed) (Lawson LM) 6:294
Results from BCMA annual report survey (pu) 9:505
Self-report of use of traditional Chinese medicine by patients attending a cross-cultural psychiatry outpatient clinic* (Mok H, Yeh J) 2:68
Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001 - 2005* (Callaghan R, Victor C, Matsuba K, et al.) 7:382
Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* (Fok MC, Townson A, Hughes B, et al.) 7:387

SUBSTANCE USE See DRUGS--DRUG USE

SURGERY--SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS
Reported complications of tension-free vaginal tape procedures: A review* (Rapoport D, Fenster HN, Wright JE) 9:490

TECHNOLOGY
New technology heart pumps (pu) 9:507
Sweating the really, really small stuff (ed) (Wilson JA) 4:170

TELECLAIM
Updates from WorkSafeBC (Graham D) 1:17

TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* (Droubatchevskaia N, Wong MP, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 8:441
Guidelines for frozen plasma transfusion* (Wong MP, Droubatchevskaia N, Chipperfield KM, et al.) 6:311
Protecting the blood supply from West Nile Virus--BC update, 2007 (pu) (Bigham M, Growe G) 7:370

TRIALS See STUDIES

TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis and TNF--*** inhibitors—Dangerous liaisons? (cdc) (Elwood RK, Cook V) 2:60

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR
Tuberculosis and TNF--*** inhibitors—Dangerous liaisons? (cdc) (Elwood RK, Cook V) 2:60

UNITY
Leaving with mixed feelings (op) (MacDiarmid M) 5:232
Setting our house in order (op) (Draper J) 7:359

UNIVERSITY
Fostering the growth of the Aboriginal physician population (cohp) (Caron N) 10:576
Heated rhetoric or Holy Grail? (c) (Rae A) 1:9
Mentors of the next generation of physicians (op) (MacDiarmid M) 1:11
Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* (Fok M, Townson A, Hughes B, et al.) 7:387

UNIVERSITY CLINICAL FACULTY ASSOCIATION
Dr Ballem and failed collegiality (ed) (Wilson JA) 1:4
Heated rhetoric or Holy Grail? (c) (Rae A) 1:9
Mentors of the next generation of physicians (op) (MacDiarmid M) 1:11

VACCINE
Pandemic influenza and physician offices* (Daly P) 5:263
Pandemic influenza: Laboratory diagnosis* (Petric M, Krajden M) 5:245
Physicians and health authorities: Key partners in an influenza pandemic* (Mackie C, Lu J) 5:258
Re: Fewer doses of pneumococcal vaccine for infants (c) (Patrick D) 1:36
Seeking efficiencies in immunization programs in British Columbia (cdc) (Naus M) 9:478
Use of vaccines and antiviral drugs in the next influenza pandemic* (Stiver HG) 5:249

VITAMINS
Lack of benefit in treating high homocysteine levels with vitamins* (Rippel D, Ignaszewski A, Frohlich JJ) 1:20
Vitamin D, the new panacea (ed) (Wilson JA) 6:293
Vitamins and history (c) (Brown CY) 9:473

WALK-IN CLINICS
Dinosaurs (ed) (Richardson DR) 7:354

WATER
Taking our water supply for granted (Evans GM) 2:62

WEST NILE VIRUS See MOSQUITO

WORKSAFEBC
Assessment and treatment services for injured workers with head injuries (Graham D) 2:96
Hyperbaric chamber safety (Graham D) 6:305
Medical advisors—Your WorkSafeBC resource (Graham D) 5:276
Preventing occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens and other biohazardous materials (Graham D) 7:367
Referrals for expedited consultations (Graham D) 9:479
Updates from WorkSafeBC (Graham D) 1:17; 3:111
What’s Up Doc?: WorkSafeBC/UBC 8th Annual Conference (Graham D) 8:448
WorkSafeBC’s approach to gradual-onset soft tissue disorders (Robinson J, Graham D) 4:176

WOUND—WOUND CARE
Honey: No longer last line? (c) (Fehlau B) 6:300
More success with honey* (Wilson T) 8:428
Sweet success? Honey as a topical wound dressing* (Cimolai N) 2:64