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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD January/February 2019
... elevated blood lead at 5.60 umol/L (115.94 ug/dL). The BC Drug and Poison Information Centre was contacted, and ... ). The two BC laboratories that test clinical samples for metals analyze ... BCCDC will work with the two BC testing laboratories, Doctors of BC, WorkSafeBC, medical health officers, and ...
Obituaries / BY: Theresa Metzger, BSc January/February 2019
Dr Neil Carlisle Barber, 84, of Creston, BC, passed away peacefully, embraced by his family, on 2 ... for 2 years, Neil and his family immigrated to Quesnel, BC, in 1965. Neil embraced the Cariboo and it embraced him. ... passed away in 2017. A special thank you to the nurses and doctors at the Creston Valley Hospital, and to Father ...
News / BY: Jessie Wang January/February 2019
... the event you pass away before a certain age. For example, Doctors of BC offers plans with a payout of up to $5 000 000 in the ... you up to an additional $18 900 monthly (as offered by Doctors of BC).  Critical illness insurance pays you a lump ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP January/February 2019
... wait lists;[ 1 ] offices that move or close;[ 2 ] retiring doctors who can’t find replacements[ 3 ] and orphan their patients; fewer doctors choosing community-based practice, especially those ... change will not be quick.  As an organization, Doctors of BC is working hard to achieve a more positive future. In ...
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, ... in perinatal care—which is often split between family doctors, registered midwives, and obstetricians—can ... ). A GP-to-GP network through which family doctors provide 24-hour care for maternity patients through ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD January/February 2019
... 2 ]  In a policy statement released in July 2017, Doctors of BC called for improvements in chronic pain management.[ 3 ] ... currently can have wait times of up to 2 years. Family doctors can help patients while they wait, and since close to ...
News / BY: Jessie Wang March 2019
... free out there for medical students. I knew that my Doctors of BC membership is free during my 4 years of medical school, ... discounts. I knew that I received free life insurance with Doctors of BC through my 4 years of medical school as well, ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP March 2019
... we ever truly succeed. —Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP Doctors of BC President President's Comment Let’s be real, we need ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Helena Swinkels, MD, MHSc, FCFP, FRCPC March 2019
... (FNHA), which serves First Nations communities in BC, we read with great interest Dr Charuka Maheswaran’s ... Maheswaran and the Environmental Health Committee of the Doctors of BC’s Council on Health Promotion for their interest in this ...
News April 2019
Emailed directly to BC family physicians, the GPSC’s quarterly newsletter, GP ... to the GPSC newsletter, log in to your account on the Doctors of BC website and adjust your subscription preferences ...