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Letters / BY: Charmaine Kim-Sing, MD, ChB, FRCPC May 2002
... In July 2001, they served legal notice to the Ministry of Health Services that the BC Cancer Agency was infringing on their patent rights. The Ministry of Health Services instructed the BC Cancer Agency to ... are patented there will be a significant cost impact on health care in the future. —Charmaine Kim-Sing, MD Medical ...
Letters / BY: Ron De Marchi, MD May 2002
... this settlement be used more wisely and with the future of health care in mind. It is now no secret that the trend for ...
Letters May 2002
... today. A cast of thousands, discussing the state of health care and medical practice in the province. Character ... #3: “Doctors are the most important part of our health care system. We should give them the respect and the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert Ferrari, MD, FRCPC June 2002
... context of medical care. [1-3]  There is no apparent health benefit in making a patient focus on a medicolegal ... of fibromyalgia, a history that places them at risk for health care seeking behaviors and disease confirmation. [12] ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Charles S.B. Galasko, ChM, FRCS June 2002
... per annum ($6.8 billion) if one includes the National Health Service costs, Social Security costs, damage to ... most modalities of treatment are unproven. Although the health care professions would be expected to have no impact on changing the litigation environment for the health of their patients, some health care approaches do seem ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Burton H. Goldstein, DMD, MS, FRCDC June 2002
... masticatory muscle tender sites, greater utilization of health care and medications, higher levels of somatization, ... surgery are usually inappropriate for TMD. [18] Summary Health care professionals now recognize advances in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Murray Allen, MD June 2002
... 970 57.5% 907 Costs per whiplash claim Total per patient health costs Plaintiff lawyer fees* Claimant net* $259 $2156 ... $3109 $9521 $280 $2494 $7617 *estimated Total per patient health costs are taken from the health insurance billings of the four licensed health ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2002
... Association reference book  Herbs: Everyday Reference for Health Professionals . During the SOGC meetings we examined ... convince our patients to improve their diets? The Nurses Health Study showed an 83% reduction in coronary events in ... reading Chandler F (ed). Herbs: Everyday Reference for Health Professionals. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie J. Hayes, PhD July/August 2002
... and forced contact with disability officials and health practitioners. In the delayed recovery situation, when ...
Clinical Articles / BY: William J. Koch, PhD July/August 2002
... following the collision. [7,8] PTSD affects subjective health perceptions and health care use PTSD symptom severity has been shown to be ... variable between traumatic life events and physical health problems in a sample of female Vietnam veterans. [9] ...