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News / BY: Jessie Wang January/February 2019
... pass away before a certain age. For example, Doctors of BC offers plans with a payout of up to $5 000 000 in the ... longer able to earn an income (or your full income). The BC government provides “free” coverage for physicians ... an additional $18 900 monthly (as offered by Doctors of BC).  Critical illness insurance pays you a lump sum if you ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP January/February 2019
... change will not be quick.  As an organization, Doctors of BC is working hard to achieve a more positive future. In ... our species. —Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP Doctors of BC President President's Comment An endangered species: How ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Brian E. Ng, MD, MPH, CCFP January/February 2019
... being sensitizers.[ 1 , 2 , 4 ] Common sensitizers seen in BC include plicatic acid (Western Red Cedar) seen in sawmill ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi January/February 2019
... the BCMJ (“ Building interprofessional maternity care in BC ”)[ 1 ] describes how the Shared Care Maternity Network, ... of family practice, supports maternity providers in BC communities to improve interprofessional collaboration and ... maternity care program The GPSC Maternity Care for BC program supports, reconnects, and trains family doctors in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maxwell Moor-Smith, BSc January/February 2019
... A. phalloides specimens were first collected in BC in 1997 from under European chestnut trees at Lake Errock ... landscaped grounds of Government House, the residence of BC’s lieutenant governor. A. phalloides was detected in ... phalloides has now been found in association with native BC Garry oak trees, which may allow the mushroom to expand ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark A. Lau, PhD, R.Psych January/February 2019
... in 2008 by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) BC Division using a $6-million grant from the BC Ministry of Health. The objective was to develop ... studies.[ 9 ] The Bounce Back program operating in BC today is free to patients referred by a general ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD January/February 2019
... In a policy statement released in July 2017, Doctors of BC called for improvements in chronic pain management.[ 3 ] ... they can access free pain websites such as those from Pain BC ( www.painbc.ca ), Self-Management BC ( www.selfmanagementbc.ca ), and Pain Improvement ( ...
Obituaries / BY: John O’Brien-Bell, MB March 2019
... at affiliated hospitals. Mid-career he moved to Surrey, BC, where he was quickly recognized as an outstanding ... system at the 2016 College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC annual general meeting, and his presentation was so ...
Obituaries / BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD March 2019
Dr Ralph William Spitzer passed away in Victoria, BC, on 17 October 2018 at the age of 100. He is survived by ... formed group, Dr C.J. Coady and Associates, which operated BC Biomedical Medical Laboratories and provided consultative ...
Obituaries / BY: Elizabeth J. Watt, MD March 2019
... sleep on 29 December 2018 at the age of 94 in Abbotsford, BC. He was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, (Victoria) ... the next 24 years traveling to UCC medical outposts from BC to Newfoundland negotiating the building of new hospitals ... Beginning in 1980 he served two terms as president of the BC College of Family Physicians, and in 1986 was president of ...