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Back Page / BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS July/August 2008
... The vast examination hall resembled a railway station with people scattered about, some in groups and others in twos and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... may present as challenging behaviors.  Because many people with developmental disability have limited verbal ... in­creased prevalence of mental illness and dementia in people with developmental disability compared with those in ... In BC, specialized community mental health services for people with developmental disability are provided by each of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... there are 111 family practice physicians per 100000 people in British Columbia,[ 5 ] less than 1% of family ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD, July/August 2008
... central Bri­tish Columbia serves a population of 12 000 people. From September 2002 to December 2004 (2.5 years), 677 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Catherine L. Weber, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... kidney disease (CKD). In BC, there are at least 145 000 people with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of less than 60 mL/min, and about 35 000 people whose physicians have actually identified CKD as a ... if you also include those at highest risk for CKD (people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or both), this ...
News September 2008
... by a lay­person to medicine and/or to the welfare of the people of British Columbia or Canada. Nominations may be made ... in the field of medical organization; service to the people of Canada in raising the standards of medical practice ... or health education of the public; service to the people of Canada in raising the standards of health care ...
Back Page / BY: William A. Falk, MD, FCFPC, FRCGP September 2008
... the money. The biggest untapped source of money? We, the people. We often see references to the need for people to take more responsibility for their own health care. ... in order to pay doctor and hospital bills. In fact, most people do not generate large medical bills in any one year, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark R.C. Dickeson, MD, FRCSC, FACS September 2008
... be amazing. I learned that the town of just more than 4000 people remains loyal to its Russian Douk­hobor roots, with a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Bates, MDCM, CCFP September 2008
... from a qualified applicant pool of more than 700.  Young people in BC had fewer opportunities to become physicians than young people in other parts of Canada. And in spite of an increase ... BC. • Increase access to medical education for BC young people, including rural and Aboriginal youth who are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Barry Thorneloe (VFMP), MD September 2008
... way too much time in the same room with a small group of people, and everybody knows your name.  We had been medical ... we managed to pull off the experiment conceived by 5000 people—a medical program in Prince George was now ... imposed on us by rules that work well for keeping 200 people in line, but are perhaps a little rigid for governing ...