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Letters / BY: Stephen Shore, MD, CCFP March 2003
... my personal provision of care. Whereas the government of BC is looking with contempt at the doctors of BC in the form of breach of agreement and consideration of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Evan Wood, MD, PhD, ABIM, FRCPC April 2003
... it is estimated that 82% of the money spent on controlling BC’s escalating drug problem is spent on law enforcement ... the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the BC Health Research Foundation. Martin Schechter is a Canadian ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc April 2003
... be successful and do no harm, the pattern of practice for BC will need to change. For pretest counseling, new issues ... health follow-up of reported cases of HIV infection in BC." Standard issues Pretest counseling is an important ... —Michael L. Rekart, MD —Linda J. Knowles, BScN BC Centre for Disease Control The impact of HIV reporting on ...
Editorials / BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC April 2003
BC comprises 13% of the Canadian population, but accounts for ... by the provincial health officer, ( www.healthplanning.gov.bc.ca/pho/other.html ), cabinet approved a recommendation to add HIV to schedules A and B of the BC Communicable Disease Regulations. Adding HIV to the list ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD April 2003
... one and should be required reading for every physician in BC. This is the first time that HIV has been designated a ... a pandemic of biblical proportions. However, it seems that BC’s legislators have only become interested in enacting ...
Editorials / BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD April 2003
... ensure its sustainability. • Pharmacare must ensure that BC residents are not denied access to prescription medication ...
Letters / BY: Alexander Boggie, MD April 2003
... to balance their books on the backs of the patients in BC. Many doctors have already raised their voices in protest ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel Lin, BSc May 2003
... students at various teaching hospitals in Vancouver, BC, have found this instrument useful. Noting the lack of a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: M. Fyfe, MD, MSc May 2003
... the period when WNV could be transmitted by mosquitoes in BC (spring until the first hard frost in the autumn). ... WNV fever and WNV neurological syndrome are reportable in BC. Physicians must report the following to the medical ... physicians and the public when WNV has been detected in BC. A program to monitor dead crows and adult mosquitoes for ...
Editorials / BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD May 2003
... welcome an independent body to look at health care in BC with respect to resources, waitlists, and outcomes. ...