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Letters / BY: David Blair, MD December 2005
To achieve some balance, Dr Tildesley  (BCMJ 2005;47[7]:362-363)  should have pointed out to readers that ... pieces (such as Dr Tildesley’s article in the September issue). We agree with Dr Blair that in certain instances it may be appropriate to obtain competing interest statements ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Deirdre Ryan, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC March 2005
... for these disorders will appear in Part 2 of this theme issue in April 2005.) Postpartum blues Postpartum blues refers to a ... minor tranquilizers at low doses (e.g., lorazepam 0.5 mg) may be helpful for insomnia. Careful monitoring during this ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS March 2005
... Revenue Agency (CRA). BCMA issued a T4A by 28 February 2005 to each physician who personally claimed and received ... and Income Consent Form. If you anticipate that others may make inquiries on your behalf, please visit the BCMA web ... Banquet. Registration forms will be available in the April issue of the  BCMJ . Save time by registering in advance! ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: Robert Grist, MD January/February 2002
... HERS study, ably reviewed by Dr Hammell in your October issue [2001;43(8):447], led to questions about the earlier ... Women’s Health Initiative randomized prospective study may afford us even better data on this by 2005. For our patients, it cannot come soon enough. —Robert ...
Letters / BY: Yolanda Butt, BSc, MA May 2002
... the Viking is to represent a physician, a female character may have been more tasteful as more than 55% of the entering ... manner. —Yolanda Butt, BSc, MA UBC Medical Class of 2005    Dr Roey Malleson ends her review of controversial ... falls short of the necessary standards of civility in this issue. Meaning to do well is not always enough. —Will ...