December 2012

BC Centre for Disease Control

Health impacts of wildfires: Improving science and informing timely, effective emergency response

Clinical Articles

Collaborative community-prison programs for incarcerated women in BC

Future directions for the health of incarcerated women in BC

Guest editorial: The health of incarcerated women in BC

The scope of the problem: The health of incarcerated women in BC

Council on Health Promotion

Getting the flu shot: Protecting ourselves and our patients

College Library

Hedges, limits, and filters: The keys to efficient searching

Editorials

Grating expectations

Holiday customs: Making light of our differences

Index

2012 Author Index

2012 Subject Index

Letters

Blood pressure: Authors respond

Re: Accurate measurement of blood pressure

Re: BC Health Authorities Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

Re: Discouraging car travel

Re: Ephedra/ephedrine-exacerbated psychosis and Health Canada

News

BCMA wins CMHA BC public policy leadership award

C.D. Howe Institute paper supports capitation payments

CFPC’s top doc in family medicine

Cholesterol skin testing

Medication reconciliation to improve patient safety

New drug target found for cystic fibrosis lung disease

Pay-as-you-go model for health care unsustainable

Ten-year anniversary of the Kirby Report

UBC-VCH research: “Natural” improvements for some MS patients

Physician Information Technology Office

EMR use in BC: The future is now (part 2)

President's Comment

Tradition: An important element of the family fabric

Proust for Physicians

Proust questionnaire: Mike T. Marshall, MD

Beyond Medicine

Special feature: Santa Claus is just as real as the rest of us . . . unhealthy lifestyle choices and all!

Special feature: Tobacco smoke enemas

WorkSafeBC

Low-dose CT scan screening available for workers with asbestosis