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Letters /
BY: Rita K. McCracken, MD, PhD, CCFP (COE), FCFP
June 2021
... body (Doctors of BC) and our main payer (BC Ministry of Health) to (1) engage experts to do a review of processes and ...
Letters /
BY: Brian S. Pound, MBBS, LRCP, MRCS, LMCC
June 2021
... are losing the esteem from their patients, while other health care professionals are enjoying increasing popularity ...
Letters /
BY: Roger Seldon, MBChB, MD
June 2021
... due to addictions. This patient was kept under the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act until ...
Letters /
BY: Jennifer Laidlaw, MD, FRCPC
June 2021
... medical treatments and, therefore, don’t fall under the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act. ... meets criteria for the AGA, or in some cases, the Mental Health Act. Regarding the case of Ms Safe, she had communicated that she thought her health would remain unchanged or stable without IV ...
Editorials, COVID-19 /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
June 2021
... all-time pandemic highs. Despite pleas from our provincial health officer, people continue to travel and are propagating ...
Editorials /
BY: Brian Day, MB
June 2021
... make arbitrary and discriminatory decisions respecting the health care benefits provided to Canadians with little or no ... decision supporting government restrictions on private health insurance and physicians’ dual practice will face a ... being the most impactful. Our already underperforming health system now faces even greater pressures. We will argue ...
President's Comment /
BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD
June 2021
... We will continue to promote the value doctors bring to the health care system, their patients, and communities, and the ... contribution of doctors to maintaining capacity within the health care system. Our negotiations communications to ...
News /
BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
June 2021
... It starts with Dr John Sebastian Helmke’s ideas for a health service, for a then fledgling population, in the ... they will work together” teaching program for all health professionals, for the purpose of strengthening integrated patient care by health sciences teams, is still not a reality. Each section ...
News /
BY: Hali Stus
June 2021
... is designed to help with costs so you can focus on your health. These costs may include medical treatment not covered by MSP or your extended health benefits policy, in-home care, modifications to your ... increasing debt to assist with recovering. Proof of good health is required at time of application to determine ...