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Editorials / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC January/February 2000
... a joint effort by the College of Family Physicians, the BC Medical Association, and the BC Centre for Disease Control. ... capacity, communication, and cooperation. In this five-article series, emphasis is placed on enhancing the use of ... that will be necessary during a pandemic.   The  first article  provides a review of surveillance results for the ...
Editorials / BY: G.I. McGregor, MD, FRCSC, FACS April 2000
... concept of a group of articles for the  British Columbia Medical Journal  on colorectal cancer arose, since at the ... cancers. This is why screening is so crucial. The  first article , by Greg Hislop and Shirley Hobenshield, relates to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David J. Klaassen, MD, FRCPC May 2000
... from the Gastrointestinal Tumor Group for follow-up. This article provides a review and update on this topic done by an ... of the Tumor Group. The recommendations at the end of the article have been reviewed and approved by the whole Tumor ... with smoking, adjuvant chemotherapy, or various other medical conditions. CEA levels of below 10 that are stable on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Greg McGregor, MD, FRCSC May 2000
... made as a team that includes the surgeon and radiation and medical oncologists. Resection of the primary colorectal ... ablation, and brachytherapy. ABSTRACT: This article describes current surgical management approaches to ...
Editorials / BY: G.I. McGregor, MD, FRCSC, FACS May 2000
Last month, the  British Columbia Medical Journal  published the first three articles in this ... chemotherapy, surgery, and follow-up. In the  first article , Dr Shah gives a simple and concise account of ... of adjuvant and therapeutic chemotherapy. His article will be a valuable reference for any physician who is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Adam Lund, MD, MEd June 2000
... very wise woman indeed, that I had been asked to write an article in which I imagine what the next 100 years of ... in the near future that will involve what I call the “medical mall.” While shopping for clothes, one will have ... of popping in for primary care consultation. Perhaps the medical mall will grow into a huge health centre. Within its ...
Clinical Articles / BY: BCMJ Editorial Board June 2000
... turning point in the life of the British Columbia Medical Association because it is, as you know, the ... 100th birthday. To celebrate this milestone, the  BC Medical Journal  has published, since the July/August 1999 ... of BC medicine to look into the future and write a short article on what they foresee. Some confined themselves to the ...
Editorials / BY: Ralph Klein, MLA, Premier of Alberta June 2000
I would like to thank the  BC Medical Journal  for inviting me to participate in the ... My congratulations to members of the British Columbia Medical Association for a century of dedicated service to the ... each day. I suspect that I was asked to contribute this article because of Alberta’s reputation for innovation and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP July/August 2000
... located.[ 15 ] The objective of this study was to see if medical directories can be used to identify trends in ... and retention over the past 21 years and to see if medical directory data can be used to detect differences in ... information on rural physician retention[ 19,20 ] and one article reviewing practice mobility among young physicians.[ ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C.J. Sedergreen, MBBS September 2000
... of a course outline that includes training in basic medical sciences (especially anatomy and pathology), the ... more than 170 references from a variety of nursing, medical, physical therapy, and other scientific journals and ... to Therapeutic Massage [ 9 ] as well as in a recent review article in the  British Medical Journal .[ 10 ] Massage ...