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Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2001
... expectations, and it should be remembered as the year that doctors and nurses finally realized the enormous power they hold. BC’s doctors have confidently stared down the NDP government and ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD March 2001
... appointee to one of the largest regional health boards in BC came open and the region’s doctors were invited to nominate a candidate. The incumbent ... the choice of the board, not the choice of the region’s doctors, and has been viewed as a political appointment. So ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD April 2001
... of that day thinking about the high cost of living in BC, the onerous tax load, and the rapidly crumbling system of ... say it again: If our politicians don’t start treating doctors and nurses like the valuable resources they are, they ... percentage of the health-care workers presently working in BC will eventually have their own personal epiphany and many ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Faulkner, MBChB April 2001
... The Association of Complementary Physicians of BC, an organization for physicians interested in ... discussions with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC over the last year regarding this matter. The College is ... against the patient’s will. One obvious solution is for doctors to become more open minded and informed about ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Goldberger, MD June 2001
... without the crippling overhead commitment has drawn many doctors out of their practices, thus increasing the ... rabbit to pull out of the hat. It is, of course, the new  BC HealthGuide , by which a patient can now confidently ... self treat—any illness with the help of the “24-hour BC HealthGuide NurseLine.” Almost predictably and somewhat ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD June 2001
... the numerous interest groups and geographical regions in BC. This group will be composed of about 101 members that ... yearly to bring forward and discuss issues important to doctors in BC. It will be called a Representative Forum, and for the ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD July / August 2001
... wounded animals, but I just had to comment on the  BC HealthGuide . I have to wonder what went into the ... if anyone in the Ministry has noticed a marked decline in doctors’ visits since the guide was mailed out, but I ... the slate clean? —JAW Editorials A novel use for the BC HealthGuide ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD July / August 2001
... ride our politicians love to take us on whenever the BC electorate decides to give the incumbent majority a royal ... will require a huge injection of cash to fix. The doctors are next, and if Victoria thinks the docs are going ... ones, before it’s too late. —JAW Editorials Doctors are next ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD October 2001
... fairly large, skilled, and highly motivated wellspring of BC authors. There are periods, however, when the steady ... based on their clinical and scientific merit, relevance to BC doctors, and the quality of the writing. Almost every ...
Letters / BY: Erik T. Paterson, MD October 2001
... harass the conscientious practising family physicians of BC. Nowhere in their account do they show any way in which ... their wasting their time, and the hard-earned money of the doctors of BC, with such a statistical exercise when the priority is to ...