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College Library / BY: Jim Henderson May 2001
... of the Special Advisory Committee on Ethical Issues in Health Care (BC Ministry of Health), are not available except in print. The BMJ continues ...
Editorials / BY: Donald B. Calne, OC, DM May 2001
... Neurodegenerative Disorders Centre Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre Editorials Parkinson’s disease: ...
Letters / BY: John E. Gray, MD May 2001
... out, massage therapists in British Columbia are regulated health professionals who would be directly liable for any ... the work of massage therapists or of any other regulated health professionals who provide care to patients. However, ... referral is to a regulated or an unregulated non-medical health professional. Since massage therapists in British ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Helena H. Ho, MD, FRCPC June 2001
... promoted by BC’s Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, for diagnosis and assessment of ... and a neurologist from Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia. There was additional input ... practitioner such as the family doctor, a community health nurse, or a general pediatrician. If there is any ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Teresa Marie Kope, MD, FRCPC June 2001
... as a brief screening device to be administered by GPs or health visitors to 18-month-olds. It was initially part of a ...  Although the CHAT, when used as a screen by a community health nurse, is highly specific (i.e., it screened out ... the birth of a child and continues as part of periodic health exams. The family physician, community health nurse, ...
Letters / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD June 2001
... the regional boards were appointed by the Minister of Health and had the advantage of providing a parking spot for ... by the deteriorating hospital service, and the Ministry of Health; thirdly—and the ostensible reason for the ... Trustees in 1987? The premier decreed that the Ministry of Health must charge patients having therapeutic abortions the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: William J. Sullivan, BA, LLB, MCL July / August 2001
... or capacity, is the word used in the tetralogy of health care acts that came into force in British Columbia on ... to describe whether the adult patient can make a health care decision. Doing that poses no difficulty provided ... other tests) the “risks and benefits of the proposed health care....”[ 2 ] Capable people can exercise their ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister Browne, PhD July / August 2001
Introduction Virtually every significant health care decision has an ethical component. Partly in ... this, and partly because accreditation requires it, most health care institutions in BC have access to ethics ... too much respect. The cult of expertise is so common in health care that ethicists are often treated as experts whose ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Davidicus Wong, MD July / August 2001
... patient, family member, physician, or other member of the health care team. All who are involved in the care of the ... brings focus to the meeting and reminds both family and health care professionals that, in spite of differences in ... indicated preferences in previous conversations. Other health care team members can provide valuable information. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dr Kimit Rai, MD, FRCSC July / August 2001
... and their profession, the primary duty is to ensure the health of patients and society. The pharmaceutical industry ... industry. • The pharmaceutical industry, for keeping the health and welfare of our patients as the primary goal. The ... Standards, and Guidelines For Professionals Working in a Health Care Setting in Canada. 2nd ed. Toronto: Department of ...