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Clinical Articles / BY: Philip Hassen, MPH, FCC, HSE, September 2006
... fundamental to improving patient safety. Wherever he goes, people (especially health care professionals) affirm their ... institute a reality. In the long term, it is going to take people in every part of the health system to build a stronger ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Beever, MD June 2006
... and mortality. It is estimated that more than 700 million people become ill each year from mosquito-transmitted disease, and that 3 million people die from malaria, including one child every 30 ...  In response, numerous measures have been used to protect people from mosquitoes. On an international level, attempts ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dr J. Mark Ansermino, FFA, MMed, MSc, FRCPC September 2006
... to develop solutions that meet the needs and desires of people in all walks of life. These organizations have ... what seemed impossible by making the complex systems people need in order to get on with their lives into ... to realize that technology cannot act independently of people to improve patient safety. There is little doubt that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD June 2006
The global health of Aboriginal people is suboptimal when compared with the health of the ... disease among American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) people were more than twice those of other racial groups. [2] ... that indications for liver transplantation in Aboriginal people differed significantly from those of the overall liver ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janene Spring, RN, BScN, MSCN, March 2006
... of clinical symptoms. [3]  Thus, the actual number of people living with MS may be much higher than reported. Paty ... approach to cognitive retraining. Myth 6: People with MS are difficult patients Patients with MS are ... career and family planning years. Naturally, these young people may feel they have lost control of their lives and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP October 2006
... very rapid growth in wine production and the number of people employed. Wine industry workers in BC face specific ... The author would like to thank the following people at WorkSafeBC: Dr Celina Dunn for the support provided ...
President's Comment / BY: Margaret MacDiarmid, MD, July/August 2006
... mom and dad do?” He answered, “They help to make the people feel better.” Sadly, it has gotten much more difficult for me to help to make the people feel better in my practice, and that is true for many ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jana Patenaude, BSc, MSc October 2005
... diabetes will reach 7.1% by the year 2010. [2] Aboriginal people as a group appear to be at increased risk of ... the prevalence rate of diabetes among the First Nations people in Canada is more than double the rate for the general ... of British Columbia. According to the 2001 census, 2260 people live in the Bella Coola Valley. [14,15]  Bella Coola ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nancy Craven, MD, CCFP July/August 2005
... point of view, even practical. There are too many people at risk for kidney failure and too few nephrologists ... As stated in Recommendation 6 of the BC guidelines, “people with kidney disease have better outcomes if they take ... may have kidney disease. A large percentage of these people have diabetes, high blood pressure (the major causes ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pierre Leichner, MD, FRCPC January/February 2005
... Excellence. Understanding NICE guidance: A guide for people with eating disorders, their advocates and carers, and ...