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Clinical Articles / BY: A.J. Pollard MBBS, MRCPCH, PhD, DIC January/February 2001
... are reported in British Columbia each year ( Figure 1 ), with an overall mortality for the past 10 years of 8.5%, ... to the reported national rate for 1995–96 of 6.5%.[ 1 ] This translates to a population incidence of 0.9/100,000 ... which is comparable to the national incidence in Canada[ 1 ] and the USA.[ 2 ] The highest incidence of disease is in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn L. Malone, MD, FRCPC January/February 2001
... home residents, with case fatality rates up to 30%.[ 1 ] Annual influenza vaccination of both residents and staff ... remained constant over the 2-year interval ( Figure 1 ). In 1998–99, 616 of 680 residents received the ... and/or hospitalization, and number of deaths ( Table 1 ). There were three outbreaks in two facilities during the ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2001
According to most sieclephiles, 1 January 2001 is the real start of the new millennium, so I ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Chris A. Speropoulos, BSc March 2001
... the problems faced by individuals who have disabilities."[ 1 ] A device is described as "any item, piece of equipment, ... capabilities of individuals with disabilities."[ 1 ] G.F. Strong Rehab Centre’s Assistive Technology and ... for rehabilitation clients, we do the following: 1. Identify and clarify client goals 2. Determine functional ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Charles Brasfield, MD, PhD, FRCPC March 2001
... boarding schools for First Nations children in Canada.[ 1 ] In British Columbia the schools operated from 1863 to ... of Indian residential schools affecting their people.[ 1 ] Their report indicates that, across Canada, there were 11 ... criteria should be. Those criteria presented in  Table 1 , modelled after DSM-IV,[ 3 ] are simply offered as a ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD March 2001
... being the incumbent, so it didn’t take a rocket surgeon[ 1 ] to figure out whose name likely wouldn’t be going to ...
Letters / BY: William E. Schreiber, MD March 2001
... the United States Medical Licensing Examination, Step 1. As an external examination, it was touted as an effective ... the United States Medical Licensing Examination, Step 1. More than 100 content experts from across the United ... the full United States Medical Licensing Examination, Step 1, which costs more than ten times as much. At that price, ...
Letters / BY: Jeff Purkis, MD March 2001
See responses to this letter:  1 ,  2 ,  3 I just returned home from my 4-hour shift in ... that had opened locally. Today I worked from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. I was home by 1:35 p.m. I saw 55 patients. At least 10 were 70 years or ...
Letters / BY: Michael Alms, MB March 2001
See responses to this letter:  1 ,  2 One often hears the claim that in Canada we enjoy the ...
Premise / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC March 2001
... principles capable of resolving disputes about rationing.[ 1 ] Nonetheless we believe that by addressing the following ...