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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: 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: 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
News&Notes / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, April 2008
... responsiveness to mem­ber needs  • Improved physician health and work life  • Credible and effective advocacy body that influences health system change They key result areas do not change year ... and media relations • External relations  News&Notes 2008–2009 BCMA strategic plan ...
Letters / BY: H. Davis, MD, June 2008
... of the ACRM propose the definition of mTBI, the World Health Organization notes no consensus with regard to the definition of mTBI. ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... solidifying BCMA’s relationship with the government and health authorities. He told members how glad he was to have ... the BCMA was making a $6000 donation for education in the health professions. Dr Appleton encouraged members to get ... Chris Paredes Nicholas Ayling Tuie Cleveland News&Notes 2008 BCMA Annual Meeting: Hidey ho! To Prince George we ...
Back Page / BY: Conrad Moralis, MD, May 2008
... was admitted to the unit the night before under a mental health certificate, and I was asked specifically by the ... the police and was subsequently certified under the Mental Health Act of Bri­tish Columbia as to be suffering from a ... not interested in talking to me. Checking the nurse’s notes 4 days after his admission, I saw that he was eating ...
News&Notes December 2008
... the BCMA. There are a great many articles about universal health care, a pressing issue at the time, with strong ... opinions both for and against this new concept in Canadian health care. Along with this come warnings about the dire ... social breakthroughs that were to define the 1960s. News&Notes Time capsule: 1962 through the lens of the BC Medical ...