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Obituaries / BY: John O’Brien-Bell, MBBS January/February 2020
... to government and a teacher to British Columbians on health care issues. As president he also became a member of ...
Letters / BY: G. Frank O. Tyers, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FACC, ABS, ABTS January/February 2020
... humorous and ironic editorial, “The secret to Icelandic health and happiness” as well as “Transitions” and ...
Letters / BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP January/February 2020
... to actually take on the role of organizer and main health provider for my patient. Also, if I am the main ... (PCN) being pushed out the door by the Ministry of Health. This is why the new networks will fail. Let me be ... all the people who want to improve primary care. Babylon Health, pot clinics, and Copeman Healthcare Centres beckon. ...
Letters / BY: Shelley Ross, MD January/February 2020
... the foundation for efficient, effective, and sustainable health care is well supported by evidence and is now being acknowledged broadly by government policymakers, health care administrators, and our medical associations as ... process currently underway between the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC is actively exploring the ...
Letters / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI January/February 2020
... 2018 guidelines from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.[ 13 ] This is a committee that excludes experts funded by the federal Minister of Health through the Public Health Agency of Canada. When challenged in question period ...
Letters / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... for this discussion of such an important topic in breast health. —Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC Medical Director, BC Cancer ...
Letters / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD January/February 2020
The authors acknowledge that the current public health crisis—the opioid epidemic—is complex and ... some descriptive epidemiology of the current public health crisis of opioid overdose deaths, understanding that ... physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and other health care providers provide an evidence-based multimodal ...
News January/February 2020
A new guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care found no benefit to routine screening for thyroid ... recommendation, the evidence isn’t there to suggest a health benefit for this type of screening as a routine part ... with other guidelines The British Columbia Ministry of Health and Toward Optimized Practice from Alberta recommend ...
News January/February 2020
... (local, provincial/territorial, national) and systems (health, law, social services, life planning). Its development was funded by Health Canada to help people living in Canada prepare for their future health care needs. The updated framework reframes the four ...
News January/February 2020
... is an associate professor at UBC Okanagan’s School of Health and Exercise Sciences. Little suggests that there is ...