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Clinical Articles / BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2005
... that the highest calling in medicine is to specialize and may unwittingly give the impression that general ... actually decreased by 3.1% (from 1:1031 to 1:1064). In 2002, the estimated FP-to-population ratio for Canada was ... then migrate to the city. Lastly, there is the ethical issue of Canada recruiting (“poaching”) physicians from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Cynthia Fan, MD October 2005
... [1-3]  but controversy continues. [4,5] In October 2002, the BC Ministry of Health Services, through the ... controlled trials and meta-analyses examining this issue. [4-16]  The most recent attempt to answer the ... data from 23 April to 15 June, two collected from 1 May to 15 July, and three collected from 15 April to 15 July. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2005
... living in the Bella Coola Valley between August 2001 and May 2002. Questionnaires were mailed out three times: the first ... more difficult for others to even recognize this important issue.” [56] The finding of a relationship between ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Westby, MD September 2005
... offices were fully electronic at that time. In the fall of 2002 after 10 years of locum work, I set up my own practice ... be scanned into his permanent records. Members may be interested to know that duplicate prescriptions date ... attach these into an EMR system is a significant resource issue as it takes up both the time of the physician and staff ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gary W. Dunn, BA, LLB July/August 2004
... one uses to relate telehealth to current experience may well have a significant impact on how telehealth is ... electronic data.  Licensing and jurisdiction As of 2002, 50% of American jurisdictions have addressed the issue of cross-border licensing. All have struggled with the ...
Letters / BY: Alastair S.E. Younger, MBChB, ChM, FRCSC December 2004
... to hear from any other member of the BCMA with a similar issue with Revenue Canada and home office expenses. If enough members are interested then we may be able to file a class action appeal against Revenue ... of a greater audit. There was an interesting tax case (2002 DTC 3815) at the Tax Court of Canada that dealt with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC January/February 2004
... respectively.  Other possible roles for BNP BNP may eventually have a role as a treatment agent, given that ... presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2002), demonstrated a 6% reduction in mortality in the ... from the Framingham study specifically addressed this issue and looked at BNP and NT-ANP for detection of elevated ...
Clinical Articles October 2004
... were published by Health Canada in 1998. [1]  In 2002 and 2003, the STD/AIDS Control Division of the BC Centre ... reveals that practices concerning HIV test counseling may not be optimal. Common shortcuts in counseling—giving ... to generalize from this sample, primarily because of the issue of self-selection. Physicians who are more involved in ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD March 2003
... comparison” by Gobrial et al. in the December issue [ BCMJ 2002;44(10):537 ] questions whether “suboptimal management ... region is not due to inferior management of diabetes” may be true, but their data certainly do not support such a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stuart Johnston, MD May 2003
... is often proposed as a primary health care initiative that may help increase the rural population’s access to ... (with Vancouver as backup site) was established 31 March 2002 at a cost of approximately $45 000. An appropriate fee ... that payment of specialist services remained an unresolved issue. Patients were not asked to complete surveys for a ...