Clinical Articles /
BY: Martin Zelder, PhD
June 2000
A crucial aspect of the future of medicine in British Columbia is the future of government-funded health ... fashion, however, a second scenario may arise in which British Columbia chooses to violate the CHA ... meaningful reform, it is this third legacy to which British Columbia will be condemned. Two scenarios involve a ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: BCMJ Editorial Board
June 2000
... 2000 is a significant turning point in the life of the British Columbia Medical Association because it is, as you ... since the July/August 1999 issue, a series of articles on British Columbia medical history. The series concludes in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Leo Wong, MD
June 2000
... is that there are not enough “home grown” doctors in British Columbia. For the 1997–98 period, British Columbia lost 316 physicians due to attrition,[ 1 ] ... however, that the innovation, goodwill, and flexibility of British Columbia’s physicians (in practice and in training) ...
Editorials /
BY: Ralph Klein, MLA, Premier of Alberta
June 2000
... centenary issue. My congratulations to members of the British Columbia Medical Association for a century of ...
Editorials /
BY: Mike Farnworth, MLA
June 2000
... and to use every opportunity to help improve the health of British Columbians. The success of our efforts so far has, in ... experiments we are now undertaking in primary care, since British Columbia is not alone in needing to find better ways ...
Editorials /
BY: Bill Cavers, MD
June 2000
... this issue —ED.] with some disturbing statistics. In British Columbia each year over 300 physicians retire or ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP
July/August 2000
... There is a perceived crisis facing rural medicine in British Columbia—too few physicians serving relatively too ... information. To practise medicine in the province of British Columbia, physicians have to register with the ... 6 ] Community population was obtained from the 1996 British Columbia census data.[ 17 ] Comox and Courtenay were ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: C.J. Sedergreen, MBBS
September 2000
... in BC can contact the Massage Therapists’ Association of British Columbia (MTABC) (34 East 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, ... and supervised by the College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia. From 1983 to 1998 the program of ... of an educational background equivalent to that of British Columbia’s program. There are currently three ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Shayesta Dhalla, MD
September 2000
... thyroid and adrenocortical adenomas, and lipomas. In this British Columbia family with MEN-1 and associated carcinoid ... in these patients. Case report Three members of this British Columbia family have MEN-1 and associated ... associated malignancies may be important. We describe a British Columbia family with MEN-1 and associated pulmonary ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jacqueline Saw, MD, FRCPC
October 2000
... been administered intravenous gamma-globulin in Vancouver, British Columbia, between 1998 and 1999. The dose of ...