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News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... increases had always been modest (3% and under, with 2001, 2006, 2007, and 2008 at 0%). With careful management of ... of General Practitioners of BC for their patience on this issue. Dr Bryan Norton, president of the Society of General ... membership. We also need to reach out to physicians who may feel disenfranchised.   I firmly believe the BCMA is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mario McKenna, MSc, September 2007
... physicians make. Of particular importance is the growing issue of recruitment and retention of academic faculty in ... their degrees between 1976 and 1995 ( table 4 ). This may be one factor contributing to the number of senior ... psychiatrists, who were actively practising medicine in 2006.[ 7 ]  Even though the number of Canadian and IMG ...
Editorials April 2007
... have a much better system today. We have a current funding issue in BC that is just one symptom of a sickness that has ... the way we fund much of our health care. While this may involve increasing the role of the private sector in ... waiting over 6 months for hospital care in Britain. By 2006, there was none. In Britain, patients may choose from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hiram Mok, MA, MB BCh, BAO, FRCPC March 2007
... through family supports and alternative modalities and may only seek help from a family physician once these efforts ... for patients with physical and psychiatric illnesses, the issue of safety has become especially important. Herbs can ... Data were collected between December 2005 and February 2006 using a standardized questionnaire ( Figure 1 ) to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2007
For this theme issue on pandemic influenza, we assembled a panel of experts ... random occurrences and no one knows when another pandemic may occur. Influenza viruses replicate at a rapid and ... of Canada ( www.influenza.gc.ca ), where the most recent 2006 version of the national plan can also be found ( ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jill Franklin, BA, December 2006
... a surprisingly high rate of disability.” [3]  Symptoms may worsen over time, and the person may become increasingly ... Fraser Health Acquired Brain Injury Program, 16 March 2006). Since mild traumatic brain injury is associated with ... criminal justice system then becomes involved as a health issue turns into a societal one (written communication, J. ...
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