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Editorials / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC September 2005
... patients.  As Dr Rowe points out in his article , “The practice of medicine is not an exact science; there are more ... schools appear to promote, fewer students now enter family practice, general internal medicine, and general ...
Back Page / BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS October 2005
... of the features to which I have referred. When I was in practice and teaching, I used to upbraid residents and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Fred Bass, MD, DSc October 2005
... ready to quit, need more intensive care and follow-up. A practice that just delivers brief clinical tobacco ... major effect on the prevalence of smoking. If, in clinical practice, we go beyond smoking to systematically address ... do so in ways that will enhance all of primary health care practice. This includes merging preventive strategies into ...
Premise / BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC October 2005
... money at it. Fourth, government should get out of the practice of medicine—they make poor decisions. Physicians, many war-weary from frustration in present-day practice, will have to become the fierce advocate for their ... ER doc.” He went on to state that in his 32 years of practice he could remember only one missed diagnosis of ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD October 2005
... Directors and I were faced with the failed GPSC (General Practice Services Committee) referendum. I, along with the ... certainly focussed even more clearly the plight of family practice here in BC (which is mirrored across Canada). Next ... will benefit from your input, you will help to shape the practice of medicine in British Columbia, and you will ...
Editorials / BY: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC November 2005
... and to receive timely assistance when needed. Medical practice in 2005 requires skill in managing chronic diseases. ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB November 2005
... buy are essential to maintain the quality of our medical practice. Most of us operate a private office and fund its ... medical education, new technology, and sustain a modern practice. Many believe in the fee-for-service model. ... proposed in the recent reallocation proposal for family practice? As with fees in other specialties that have been ...
Letters / BY: David Brough, MD November 2005
... who were charged with the task of strengthening family practice, have weakened the incentive to continue with an ... worse. (Commenting also results in a delay in payment.) My practice is to only see patients that the nurses want me to ... GP work and maybe penalize the walk-in type of practice. This will do the opposite. —David Brough, MD ...
Letters / BY: R.J. Calder, MD November 2005
... confirmed my experience managing 90 patients in my practice with stage three and four renal failure. I used the ... GFR has definitely helped uncover several cases in my practice. I first identified each case with a unique ICD ... had a renal ultrasound ordered. Unfortunately, the General Practice Services Committee and the government have not ...
Letters / BY: Michael Goldberger, MD November 2005
... current literature which focused on the value of family practice revealed some interesting data and shed considerable ...