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Clinical Articles / BY: Fikre Germa, MD, CCFP(EM) January/February 2002
... spondylitis. Further diagnostic workup at a tertiary care centre included a CT scan-guided needle biopsy of the ... regimen was continued daily for 6 months. Tuberculosis in BC In 1997 there were 413 confirmed new cases of tuberculosis ... represented 28% of all active cases of tuberculosis in BC in the year 1996–1997. The most common sites of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samuel H. Krikler, MB, ChB, FRCPC March 2002
... was carried out at the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory at BC’s Children’s and Women’s Health Centre using the method described by Feder and colleagues. [ ... The Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee (BCMA and BC Ministry of Health) has recently developed guidelines for ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson March 2002
... bringing along the library. The latest reorganization of BC’s health care system reduces centralized addiction ... describes various resources now available to those in BC working in addiction medicine. It suggests a more ... Hot Links—Substance Abuse. Notable are the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and its National Clearinghouse on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Bigham, MD May 2002
... by the provincial health officer, the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, and provincial Communicable ... the 2001 rate of serogroup C disease in the rest of BC—0.4 per 100 000—was the same as the average, historic ... across nine other health service delivery areas throughout BC. In the Abbotsford area, a public health meningococcal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2002
... in under-serviced rural Canada. [20-23]  Overview of BC satisfaction studies Over the past 10 years or so, there ... whenever they attend an educational meeting in a larger centre. Paradoxically, rural physicians often need more ... CME opportunities, and ensuring prompt tertiary medical centre support. [42,43]  Allowing physicians to ...
Letters May 2002
... not have this choice. To support our appeal we quoted the BC Municipalities Parking Survey which asked, “Who can ... disabilities at a Showcase of Human Rights held by the BC Human Rights Commission at Robson Square Media Centre, September 1999). Thus when filling in the ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson July/August 2002
... www.doh.gov.uk/cmoconsult1.htm ). In Canada, notable is BC coroner Susan McIver’s recent book,  Medical ... [3]  Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre address the problem with the establishment of an Error ... Library Service College of Physicians & Surgeons of BC College Library Medical error ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carolyn A. Montgomery, MB September 2002
... of provincial experts, including representatives from the BC Centre for Disease Control, doctors who provide abortions, ... is one of the most common medical procedures performed in BC and Canada: 15 500 per year in BC and 114 000 per year in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erin E. Michalak, PhD October 2002
... in mental health service delivery. The vast majority of BC residents are registered with the Medical Services Plan ... of British Columbia 4 028 132* 100% Number registered with BC Medical Services Plan (MSP) 3 768 324† 94%§ Number in ... 82%|| * BC Stats, 2001. † Health Information Access Centre, 2001. Note that this report indicates that the ...
Editorials / BY: Raymond W. Lam, MD, FRCPC October 2002
... Clinical Neuroscience, UBC, and Director, Mood Disorders Centre, UBC Hospital —Heidi Oetter, MD, Department of ... Psychiatry, Royal Columbian Hospital,  New Westminster, BC Editorials Part 1—Depression in primary care (Guest ...