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President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD January/February 2009
... and optometrists. In the throne speech of February 2008, the lieutenant governor of BC portended what was to ... range of services without a physician present. While it may be the profession’s role, subject to government ... model of health care is a complicated and important issue. After much hard work, we have come to a good ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, March 2009
... were published in a supplement to last February’s issue of the journal  Spine  (Spine 2008;33[4 suppl]:S1–213). Prior to their work, the most ... 1995;20[8 suppl]:S1–73). While these publications may be considered the gold standard in WAD medical issues, ...
ICBC / BY: Tanya Heuchert, BA, LLB, June 2008
... the parties must agree on the identity of the expert, the issue to be addressed, the facts and assumptions to be ... Once appointed, the joint expert is the only expert who may give expert opinion at the trial on the particular issue ... A final draft is expected to go before cabinet in 2008. If approved, the new rules will probably come into ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... and adaptive disabilities. Also, medical complications may present as challenging behaviors.  Because many people ... if there is no clear Axis I psychiatric disorder. The issue of unfamiliarity has also begun to affect services ... DD training for CYMH clinicians has been planned for 2008. Gaps in services There are too few clinicians with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Borys Flak, MD, FRCPC, May 2008
... residual colonic fluid, helps reveal polyps that otherwise may remain isodense within fluid and not be visualized. Other ... CTC has high sensitivity.  The primary methodological issue that has prevented endoscopists from fully embracing ... and checking for interval increase in size. As of March 2008, the American Cancer Society has added CTC to its list ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, March 2008
... The best way to do this is to ask, so we did.  In January 2008, national polling firm Ipsos Reid conducted an extensive ... response rate.   The full results are enclosed in this issue of the BCMJ, and I encourage you to read them. On the ... that affect practising members.  These last two concerns may be ad­dressed with the implementation of the proposed ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2007
... became involved with the BCMA, were you motivated by some issue or problem that you wanted to solve? I was probably ... the BCMA. The societies are doing a good job, and in fact, may need more help to do things. They’re doing a huge ... the President - Dr. Geoff Appleton, BCMA President 2007-2008 ...
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