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Letters / BY: James E Parker, MB March 2003
... be that someone is “asleep at the helm” down at Public Health? —James E. Parker, MB Abbotsford Letters Re: ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD March 2003
... rural diabetics” is in part responsible for the poorer health experienced by those living in northern/rural ... communities. The authors’ conclusion that “poor health reported for the Cariboo region is not due to inferior ... article and I welcome his feedback. I agree that the poor health reported for the Cariboo region is probably not due to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Evan Wood, MD, PhD, ABIM, FRCPC April 2003
The health care and fiscal costs of the illicit drug use ... University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue.   A public health crisis Illicit drug use is associated with costly health, social, and community impacts. The effects of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Timothy K.S. Christie, PhD April 2003
... Partner notification is the voluntary and anonymous public health activity of telling the partners of an  index case ... of the information he or she chooses to disclose to public health professionals. Partner notification is anonymous ... In the event that a partner makes this deduction, the health care professional should not confirm or deny these ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc April 2003
... on 1 May 2003, there will be important implications for health care providers and patients. For this initiative to be ... HIV test will now be reported to local and provincial health authorities and that public health will contact the health care provider and sometimes ...
Editorials / BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC April 2003
... British Columbians could be living with HIV. According to Health Canada, up to one-third of infected persons may be ... their risk and to increase knowledge of HIV status. Public health involvement in active partner notification is ... Earlier this year, following a report by the provincial health officer, ( www.healthplanning.gov.bc.ca/pho/other.html ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD April 2003
... days; they are primarily there because they pose a public health hazard. HIV, however, does kill people and has been a recognized as a global public health hazard for many years now. I have difficulty coming to ... to inform a sexual partner can refer to a local medical health officer (MHO). The MHO can then do what is necessary ...
Editorials / BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD April 2003
Recent changes have come from the Ministry of Health to the existing Pharmacare plan. One of the significant drivers of escalating health care costs in the past decade has been the growth of ... the opportunity to make a presentation to the Ministry of Health as part of their review of Pharmacare financing. In ...
Letters / BY: Alexander Boggie, MD April 2003
... we were often told that one of our roles in providing health care was to act as the patient’s advocate. This ... relationship was slowly and progressively eroded by the health care bureaucrats, who successfully used their position ... funding agency. The past 30 years has seen good, personal health care delivery deteriorate due to inadequate funding ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel Lin, BSc May 2003
... psychiatric illness and the widespread education of health professionals and the public about psychiatric ... reliability of the assessment. Inexperienced clinicians or health practitioners less familiar with mental illness may ... The Psychiatric Assessment Form was designed to assist health care workers perform comprehensive psychiatric ...