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President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, November 2007
... membership voted on the new Physician Master Agreement in May of this year, with 95% of those who voted voting in favor ... Working Agreement, the 2002 Memorandum of Agreement, the 2003 Memorandum of Understanding, the 2006 Letter of ... of services. Included in the polybag with this month’s issue of the  BC Medical Journal  is a Membership Guide to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2007
For this theme issue on pandemic influenza, we assembled a panel of experts ... syndrome (SARS) emerged as a zoonotic infection in 2003 but did not cause a pandemic.[ 1 ] Rapid action by ... random occurrences and no one knows when another pandemic may occur. Influenza viruses replicate at a rapid and ...
News / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... Part 1 and 2 has also been revised and is included in this issue’s polybag.  The Antenatal Record Part 1 and 2 (BCPHP ... generally extending until the end of September. Since 2003, Canadian Blood Services has performed WNV nucleic acid ... TT-WNV WNV developing within 4 weeks of blood transfusion may be transfusion-associated. Suspected cases of TT-WNV ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC June 2007
... Public and political pressure to “do something” may well mount rapidly, especially if the pandemic virus ... is occurring.  Entry and exit screening during the 2003 SARS epidemic was instituted in many countries but was ... of masks in public is a controversial and unresolved issue. Although surgical masks are not designed to protect ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pratibha Reebye, MBBS, FRCPC, May 2007
... that the baby would “grow out of it.” This advice may have worked for at least one-third of the infants who ... frequently used by infant mental health clinicians. In 2003, the  Infant Mental Health Journal  published a special issue devoted to  DC: 0-3R  diagnostic classifications, and ...
News / BY: Tara Lyon April 2007
... a little book about the flu (reviewed in the December 2006 issue) and thinks he is an author. The “Laminator” has ... disabilities.  Dr Penny returned to Victoria and in 2003 began a new orthopaedic pediatric program at Queen ... in a responsible manner is often a challenge. Patients may bring in their unused meds to doctors’ offices, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC September 2007
... factors lower the quality of life of medical trainees and may result in medical errors that compromise patient care.[ ... the ACGME initiated an 80-hour weekly duty limit in 2003 to prevent resident fatigue, promote well-being, and ... for orthopaedics). This makes statistical validity an issue. However, our response rate of 78% for PGY-1 residents ...
News December 2006
... physicians during the SARS outbreak in Toronto in 2003. An added bonus is a foreword by world-renowned Canadian ... where a physician is deemed uninsurable, to decline to issue coverage altogether. The amount of coverage is based on ... and election follows the premature and sudden death, last May, of director-general Dr Jong-Wook Lee. The ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP July/August 2006
... health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Improved HRQOL may also lead to fewer office visits and hospitalizations and ... mail. The second chart review took place in the spring of 2003. Clinic charts of patients on the September 2001 clinic ... with more severe complications would better clarify this issue. [8] Conclusions Strengths of our study include the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Beever, MD June 2006
... as an “artificial chemical” and are concerned that it may have unwanted or unknown side effects on them. Indeed, ... and colleagues, [11]  and supports the claim that ASSS may be used as a mosquito repellent where there is no ... Association of Internes and Residents of Ontario, in 2003. Table 1. Effectiveness of repellents compared with ...