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Letters / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD June 2001
... direction in the regional hospital boards ( BCMJ 2001;43(2):60  and 65). From a doctrinaire political viewpoint, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: William J. Sullivan, BA, LLB, MCL July / August 2001
... no difficulty provided the statutory tests are followed.[ 2 ] For example, capacity or competence or capability to make ... “risks and benefits of the proposed health care....”[ 2 ] Capable people can exercise their autonomy on health care ... decision-maker appointed under the Consent Act.[ 2 ] However, the Health Care Providers Guide to Consent to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Davidicus Wong, MD July / August 2001
... for themselves than would a family member or stranger. [2]  Therefore, it makes sense to give our patients an ... carry it in their wallets in case of an emergency. Figure 2  [may be reproduced without permission and given to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dr Kimit Rai, MD, FRCSC July / August 2001
... MD. Doctors and the drug makers. Lancet 4 August 1984;2:(8397):276-278.  [PubMed Citation] Royal College of ...
Letters / BY: Ray Baker, MD July / August 2001
... disorders. If brief, simple screening questions (CAGE, [2]  AUDIT, [3]  SCID [4] ) were negative in this case, ...
Letters / BY: G. Kenefick, MB July / August 2001
The concerns of Drs Purkis [ BCMJ 2001;43(2):71 ] and Toewes [BCMJ 2001;43(4):195] are certainly not ...
Letters / BY: R.A. Bernat, MD July / August 2001
... We need to ask the questions: 1. What do we want to give? 2. What is expected of us by society and our patients? 3. Are ...
Letters / BY: G.F. Roseborough, MD July / August 2001
... be subjected to: 1. Exclusion from public reimbursement. 2. A demand to repay the money the public has spent on their ...
Premise / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD July / August 2001
... practice services to 1360 patients while Practitioner 2 served only 755 patients. (Among all GPs practising in BC ... outliers because per-patient costs are greater than 2 standard deviations above the mean. Is it fair that ... 272 patients fewer than most? Is it fair that Practitioner 2 should bill very near the median amount on a practice that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janet Henderson, MB, BCh September 2001
... There are two isoforms of this enzyme: COX-1 and COX-2. [1]  COX-1 is constitutively expressed and generates ... as gastric mucosal protection and platelet activation. [1,2]  In contrast, COX-2 is induced by inflammatory mediators, such as growth ...