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Beyond Medicine / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2016
... The motion was accepted. Financial highlights for 2015 are provided on page 13 of the Doctors of BC 2015–2016 ... like to bring to the Board this year is temperance. This may help us be more efficient with our work.” . . . “To ... is not a productive use of our time and energy. The issue is that our two work models simply clash. Doctors are ...
Letters / BY: Donna Dryer, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... of access to cannabis for medical purposes. On 5 May 2015 the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British ... or undertaking any medical procedure. Fourth, we take issue with the College’s prerequisite that conventional ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD May 2016
... Services Act (LSA) came into effect on 1 October 2015. The LSA replaces the Medicare Protection Act (MPA) and ... WorkSafe BC, patient-pay) is not selected, and some EMRs may default to billing MSP. If an inaccurate payment method ... go to  www.gov.bc.ca/laboratoryservices . In the next issue of the  BCMJ  we will provide examples of ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... withdrawing life-sustaining therapy[ 1,2 ] suggest people may be confused about their right to make life-determining ... well as is possible until their natural death. In August 2015 the General Council of the Canadian Medical Association ... The author is currently guest editing a theme issue on palliative care that she hopes to publish in the  ...
Letters / BY: Brian Winsby, MD November 2015
I read the letter to the editor in your September issue titled “ MSP: Changes to compensation for teaching ” [ BCMJ  2015;57:275] with great concern as it contained some significant factual errors that may cause unnecessary confusion among Doctors of BC members. ...
News December 2015
... patients, leading scientists to consider that the enzyme may play a role in the human disease. The study suggests that ... Tumor Growth,” were published in the 15 October 2015 issue of  Molecular Cell , available online at  ...
Letters / BY: John Stewart, MBBS, July/August 2015
... puzzled by the full-page advertorial that appeared in the May issue of the  BCMJ  [2015;57:152]. First, what does the neologism ...
News / BY: H. Douglas Cooper, MD, May 2015
By Eric Topol, MD. New York: Basic Books, 2015. ISBN 978-0-465-05474-9. Hardback, 364 pages. $32. You may already be familiar with this book but, if not, I urge ... into three sections. The first section deals with the issue of who is in charge of health care information. Here ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, March 2014
... with Type 1 Diabetes” was published in the June 2012 issue of the  BC Medical Journal  ( BCMJ  2012;54:232-237 ... full implementation scheduled for the start of the 2014–2015 school year. One highly anticipated change will be ... examples of independent plans and other documents that may be of assistance to parents. Further details regarding ...
News&Notes / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2014
Annual Business Meeting and General Assembly  Saturday, 31 May 2014 • Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver This year’s ... carried that there be no increase in membership dues for 2015). Salaries and benefits made up just under 60% of ... clarified that the increase came largely from a severance issue that occurred, not primarily from hiring new staff. Dr ...