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Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... difficult conversations about end-of-life care. Exploding health care costs, expanding need for seniors’ health care, opioid overuse, and controversies about futile ... as physicians or our patient’s needs?[ 2 ] Nuland also notes how sometimes physicians will provide false hope in an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Travis Holyk, EdD November 2017
... of rural communities face unique challenges when accessing health care. Factors that can make access to care difficult ... residents of rural communities have comparatively poorer health outcomes and lower socioeconomic status than residents ... each time, and visiting physicians sometimes took their notes to their own offices.  In 2010, CSFS began developing ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Kelly Mayson, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... initiative with representation from all regional health authorities that sought to implement several ... Services Committee, a partnership of the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC. Translating evidence-based medicine ... techniques for colorectal surgery. These clinical guidance notes have been reviewed and shared with the BC ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew J. Coldman, PhD November 2013
... North America both the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health (CTFPH) and the US Preventive Services Task Force ... aid for breast cancer screening created by the Public Health Agency of Canada[ 5 ] to inform women of the potential ... Information handout for patients: BCMJ.org Health Notes Breast cancer screening: Is it right for you? ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gary Mazowita, MD, March 2013
... mellitus is a major metabolic disease with known poor health outcomes and significant costs to the individual and the health care system. It is one of several chronic disabling ... in its Diabetes Guidelines for Elderly Residents in LTC, notes that glucose values in the 10 to 20 mmol/L range are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert Strang MD, FRCPC December 2012
Prison health care in Nova Scotia By Robert Strang   Nova Scotia ... and one youth).  At that time, the dep­uty ministers for health and justice agreed that the Ministry of Justice would ... by the publication of practical checklists and guidance notes for policymakers and prison management and health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Horn, BA, March 2012
... Committee (GPSC), a partnership between the Ministry of Health and the BC Medical Association, has developed a ... Program for general practitioners that includes mental health modules for both adults and children and youth. These ... of patients on SGA medications.[ 30 ] This position notes that the currently available medications vary in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carolyn Gotay, PhD, April 2012
... (e.g., parity, older age at first birth), and personal health history (e.g., exposure to ionizing radiation, the use ... modifiable factors are unlikely to be the target of public health interventions (e.g., age at first birth). However, ... how to lower their risk of breast cancer (see the Health Notes for patient information). We are exploring options ...
Premise / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, October 2012
... they form the basis of primary care advice related to many health and medical issues. Primary care physicians provide ... (“Breastfeed for as long as you can” in the patient Health Notes[ 8 ]). So, after a risk calculation based on either one ...
Premise / BY: Jamie Graham, January/February 2011
... through witnesses. Some remain at the scene; others leave notes with their names and phone numbers for future ... the samples will not endanger the subject’s life or health.  2) That, in the doctor’s expert opinion, the ...