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Editorials / BY: Howard Feldman, MD, FRCPC September 2004
... the onset of this disease—a consequence with huge public health implications. Governments and public policymakers have ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2004
... that doctors must have a strong leadership role in our health care system, not only in the day-to-day delivery of health care, but also in working with government, and more recently, the Regional Health Authorities, to be part of the process in change ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Edna Durbach, Ed.D October 2004
... that, although the binder and paper of the patient’s health record belong to the hospital (or in the case of a ... not reflected in day-to-day practice, particularly for health records on hospital inpatient units. Most patients and ... communication rather than as a purely objective health record. In 2000, members of the parent advisory ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Charmaine Kim-Sing, MD, ChB, FRCPC October 2004
... 2 years. [11]  The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health recommends that women aged 40 to 49 should discuss the ... of breast cancer risk can help women make important health care decisions. Clinical Articles Breast cancer risk ...
Clinical Articles October 2004
... transmitted disease (STD) guidelines were published by Health Canada in 1998. [1]  In 2002 and 2003, the STD/AIDS ... the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections Section of the Division of Community Acquired Infections Health Canada, collaborated on a study to assess current ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC October 2004
... uncertainties in the interpretation of the public health implications of current exposure levels. It has been ... seem like an effective way to reduce exposure. However, health benefits of fish consumption have been demonstrated in ... Trace Elements Laboratory at Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of BC raises questions about the prevalence of ...
Editorials / BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD October 2004
... our country. They believed in a Canadian flag, universal health care, and universal education. They believed in hard ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC November 2004
... was sponsored chiefly by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), and it involved the participation of a number ... the next 2 years. Nationally, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has provided $10 million to the 12 Canadian ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP November 2004
... by nurses and dietitians, as well as physicians and other health professionals. [15,16] Isolated rural communities lack the full range of health professionals (e.g., dietitians) required to run an ... are also more likely to receive diabetic care from health care providers other than physicians. [14,19,20] If ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Fung, MD, FRCPC November 2004
... diabetes. Self-adjustment of insulin dosing Traditionally, health care providers aimed to train people with diabetes to ... can be achieved should be controlled by the patient. As health care providers, we should aim to help patients become ...