Clinical Articles /
BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC
January/February 2003
... Unfortunately, the message being perceived by rural British Columbians now is “If you don’t like it, move.” ... improve patient access to good care. GP psychotherapy British Columbia does not have a fee schedule item for “GP ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Barbara Cadario, BSc, BScPhm, MSc
January/February 2003
... ). In British Columbia, over 600 reports are sent annually to the ... program of the World Health Organization, reports from British Columbia have contributed to the WHO database of ...
Letters /
BY: Kelly Silverthorn, MD
January/February 2003
... in physician pay for on-call availability. The journey in British Columbia has been fractious, with uneven gains ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Hiram Mok, MA, MB BCh, BAO, FRCPC
March 2003
... population was by far the biggest immigrant group in British Columbia, representing 26% of the population in ... were referred indirectly by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, either directly through their family ... the existing mental health system. With Hong Kong being a British Colony prior to 1997, Hong Kong Canadians were taught ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Martin Petric, PhD, FCCM
March 2003
In 2002, British Columbia witnessed an unprecedented number of ... Control Norovirus (also known as Norwalk-like virus) in British Columbia ...
Letters /
BY: James E Parker, MB
March 2003
... Parker, MB Abbotsford Letters Re: Reportable diseases in British Columbia ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Evan Wood, MD, PhD, ABIM, FRCPC
April 2003
... care. [3,4] Locally, the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, has been the epicentre for illicit drug use ... research to date on the impact and limitations of two of British Columbia’s primary conventional approaches to ... of a randomized trial is currently being explored in British Columbia. Low threshold harm reduction services ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc
April 2003
When HIV infection becomes legally reportable in British Columbia on 1 May 2003, there will be important ...
Editorials /
BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC
April 2003
... 1996 and 2001. Estimates vary, but as many as 13000 British Columbians could be living with HIV. According to ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Daniel Lin, BSc
May 2003
... and residents training in psychiatry at the University of British Columbia and has been used in a variety of clinical ...