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Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2012
... a 3-month probation through the IMG program, and of those people who go through the probation, half of them will be ... I was amazed, when I was closing the practice, how many people had been with me the full 36 years I’d been in ... is tremendous. You make a good living, you can influence people to make good decisions, and you have influence in the ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2012
... care” can all mean different things to different people.  All of the foregoing labels can be used to describe ... we live in a libertarian society where, within limits, people have the freedom to make choices other than the most ... who will note that the Samueli Institute is headed by people trained in “mind/body methods, spiritual healing, ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Hal D. Gunn, MD, June 2012
... reduce the risk of recurrence and improve survival of people with cancer (and thus, substantially reduce overall ... since high distress levels are common among people living with cancer. In a recent study of over 3000 ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... the CEO of an organization? That’s a good question. People might also ask, “How did a lawyer end up being the ... senior public servants are more important than sometimes people can appreciate—and are less politically laden than people sometimes imagine. So often, there is no political ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2011
... to become a doctor? You mentioned an interest in helping people. Early in my life I felt that I would like to be a ... Can you tell me about them? Yes. They are wonderful young people and I’m very close to them. A lot of people ask why none have gone into medicine, and it’s ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper November 2011
... in 1994, and while president I worked with some tremendous people, both medical folks who were on the Board as well as ... of Professional Relations, being involved with really good people, that’s a tremendous learning experience. I learned ... dynamic organism. It isn’t the building, it’s the people who are in the building. The best asset that the BCMA ...
News&Notes / BY: Dan Small, PhD, MPhil Cantab, January/February 2011
... ethnography published on the equally exotic Nacirema people.[ 1 ] While there is some debate among scholars as to ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2011
... he was lucky to have worked with such supportive and fine people. He also acknowledged the contribution of the BCMA ... their unique perspective.   “I will work hard to bring people together, and to keep this organization strong. I can ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Paul K.B. Dagg, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2010
... that we encounter on a regular basis in transporting people with psychiatric illness within the province of BC ... care in our PICU, adult, and geriatric programs for people from throughout the northern and southern interiors of ... of our providing tertiary services we provide care for people who cannot be cared for in general hospitals in their ...
News&Notes / BY: Eugene Leduc, MD April 2010
... provided by coffee exports and tourism. The Melanesian people who settled in Vanuatu a few thousand years ago were ... to heal itself and at the remarkable ability of the ni-Van people to cope with severe illness, pain, and even death.  ... but one constant was the friendliness of the ni-Van people and their appreciation for our small contribution.  ...