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Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... cited serious and life-threatening ADRs to be a safety issue of concern. The effect of this apparent concern has ... difficulty of recognizing ADRs when they occur. Clinicians may believe another member of the health care team will ... and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia in January 2005 suggest that ADR reporting by clinicians would be best ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jill Franklin, BA, December 2006
... a surprisingly high rate of disability.” [3]  Symptoms may worsen over time, and the person may become increasingly ... (oral communication, U. Wild, neuropsychologist, 29 August 2005; written communication, J. Stanger, director, Fraser ... criminal justice system then becomes involved as a health issue turns into a societal one (written communication, J. ...
News December 2006
... where a physician is deemed uninsurable, to decline to issue coverage altogether. The amount of coverage is based on ... and election follows the premature and sudden death, last May, of director-general Dr Jong-Wook Lee. The ... specialist physicians who were practising in BC during the 2005–06 fiscal year. These funds are being distributed by ...
News / BY: Adam Lund, MD, MEd May 2006
... David T. Neilipovitz. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2005. ISBN 0776605976. Paperback, 292 pages. $35. This book ... in general, often characteristic of this age group, may actually put them at further risk of contracting ... is diagnosed with cancer within 90 days of the policy issue date, coverage will be rescinded and premiums will be ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... Leslie T. Foster. Victoria: Western Geographical Press, 2005. ISBN 0-919838-29-4. Paperback, 233 pages. $24.95. This ... and co-guest editor of the BCMJ’s September theme issue on patient safety (BCMJ 2006;48:324-341). Dr Michael ... 5 years, to identify adverse drug reaction markers that may be used to predict and prevent drug toxicity in children. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gregory M.F. Ganz, MD, CM, FRCPC July/August 2005
... of chronic kidney disease, was held in Vancouver in June 2005 ( www.bckidneysummit.com/ ). One of the purposes of this ... provision of patient-specific tools such as flow sheets may be more useful. [14]  The Kidney Care Initiative on ... kidney disease in the primary care setting”  in this issue). In addition to promoting awareness of the guidelines, ...
News January/February 2005
... you haven’t already renewed your BCMA/CMA membership for 2005, remember the deadline is 31 March 2005. Physicians who ... If you are a newly practising physician or new to BC, you may not be aware that you can authorize CMPA to ... payment by direct deposit to your bank account, we will issue it to you in quarterly installments throughout the ...
Editorials / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD May 2005
In his editorial, “Forced retirement”  (BCMJ 2005;47[4]:165),  Dr Anthony Salvian decries the fact that ... under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The case may be found on the Internet under Stoffmann v. VGH, 1990 ... for such decisions; the word is “curious.” The second issue was that as a university-affiliated teaching hospital ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD July/August 2005
... recruit the doctors we so desperately need. The result of May’s election will ensure that the next 4 years will be ... this third year are set to begin no later than 1 October 2005 and will be subject to arbitration as early as 1 ... We hope that government will want to work with us on this issue. The BCMA and the CMA are looking very closely at this ...
News June 2005
... on your nursing staff were equally well trained? This may seem like an impossible notion, but not when you hardwire ... a rural doctor from Burns Lake, BC, was recently awarded a 2005 British Columbia Community Achievement Award. In ... Psoriasis Education Program (PEP) has released the first issue of PEP Talk, a publication for people affected by ...