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News&Notes / BY: J. Pawlovich, MD March 2011
... Bri­tish Columbia is on the cusp of great change. Rural health care has met the information technology age and things ... between the au­thor and a strongly supportive Northern Health Authority. It was a proposal that articulated the need ... program.   This article has been peer reviewed. News&Notes Special report: Rural echocardiography in northern BC: ...
Editorials / BY: Robert D. Levy, MD, FRCPC May 2010
... at that time. In October 1985, the BC Ministry of Health announced the formation of the British Columbia ... rates. Today BC Transplant is a comprehensive, nonprofit health care agency with responsibility for the overall ... transplantation: Current status in British Columbia,” notes that orthotopic liver transplantation has become an ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, December 2010
... and fortune but to humiliation and poverty. Vancouver’s health: Diagnostic speculation The medical record of the ... entire voyage, and the men arrived home in general good health. Unfortunately the same could not be said for Captain ... he deserved. This article has been peer reviewed. News&Notes Special feature: Captain Vancouver and medicine in the ...
News&Notes / BY: Robert Young, MD, June 2010
... ideas. He wanted the BCMA to produce a weekly info/health column for the province’s smaller papers. I did not ... before, and I’m amazed at how much fun it all was. News&Notes Special Feature: Personal development and the BCMA ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2010
... interest in posttraumatic stress disorder, physician health, and medical fitness-to-drive issues.  Dr Gillespie ... He has served on a number of BCMA committees: Physician Health, Council on Health Promotion, the Computer Committee, ... Dr Jack Chritchley Dr Jakob Meyerhoff Dr Linda Warren News&Notes Special Report: 2010 BCMA Annual Meeting ...
News&Notes / BY: Eugene Leduc, MD April 2010
... red hot caldera while dodging flying magma.   Primary health care is delivered from the 40-bed Lenakel Hospital and ... the synergy and conflict that exists with the two views of health in Vanuatu. A young man who lives on a small island ... Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation; 1990. News&Notes Special feature: Mitufala dokta lanem planti long ...
Letters November 2010
... “Marijuana is not approved for use as a drug in Canada. Health Canada states that “no marijuana product has been issued a notice of compliance” and notes that indications, safety and risks have not been ... certain symptoms from which they suffer can apply to Health Canada for authorization to possess and use marijuana ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD December 2010
... and Mail we are amazed by the brilliance of the BCMJ.org Health Notes. DRR  Aw, shucks. G&M  I see that the Health Notes section of the web site provides physicians with ...
News&Notes / BY: Fred Bass, MD, DSc January/February 2010
... for smokers and fortunately for the tobacco industry, Health Canada has not implemented the findings of recent ... train, and become happy with, their inner alligator. News&Notes Special Feature: Training the inner alligator ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2009
... acknowledged the presence of assistant deputy ministers of health, Dr Stephen Brown and Ms Sheila Taylor, with whom the ... for the Association, especially in regard to delivery of health care in the province. The BCMA has received global ... Mackie, Brian Brodie, Shelley Ross, Ian Gillespie. News&Notes BCMA Annual General Meeting report ...