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Editorials / BY: Adeera Levin, MD, FRCPC July/August 2005
... accurately. British Columbia has recently adopted this practice so that the interpretability of serum creatinine is ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Westby, MD September 2005
... fall of 2002 after 10 years of locum work, I set up my own practice in Penticton, going fully electronic. Suffice to say ... (now duplicate) pad weekly at times. Since opening my practice 32 months ago, I have filled a large legal-size file ... believe it considerably lessens the stresses of day-to-day practice for me, and is helping my earning power at the same ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2005
... not the only one concerned that the applications to family practice residencies are declining, the numbers of mature ... the numbers of medical students who see family practice as a fulfilling career choice has dramatically ... and most importantly, the numbers of graduating family practice residents entering real family practices vs. walk-in ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD September 2005
... am a believer in the treatments recommended, but in my own practice the more I listen to patients the more I feel that ...
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 ...
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 ...