Clinical Articles /
BY: Paula Braitstein, MA, MSc
January/February 2004
... C virus (HCV) coinfection is an important problem in British Columbia. Up to 90% of HIV-infected injection drug ... individuals receiving antiretroviral treatment in British Columbia. [10] The prevalence of chronic hepatitis ... be firmly established. Policy: HIV and transplantation in British Columbia The British Columbia Transplant Society ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2004
... precludes accurate identification of infected children. In British Columbia, the only group receiving BCG vaccine was ...
Letters /
BY: Eric Smith, MD
January/February 2004
... some of the findings of a pilot hospitalist program in the British Columbia health care environment. Hospitalist ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jean Hlady, MD, FRCPC
March 2004
... It should be noted that home schooling is legal in British Columbia, but there are still legislated requirements ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Christine E. Jarchow, MSW
March 2004
... than expected. Investigating child abuse In 1999–2000, British Columbia child welfare authorities completed 24 321 ... comprehensive centre is advisable.” Role of SCAN units British Columbia is home to four fully functioning Suspected ... child maltreatment, and that most physicians practising in British Columbia have some knowledge and training in the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: G. Butt, MHSc
March 2004
... positive for hepatitis C (HCV) as identified through British Columbia’s Public Health Information System between ... Hill, PhD —B. Paterson, PhD —M. Krajden, MD, FRCP British Columbia Centre for Disease Control BC Centre for ...
Editorials /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
March 2004
... Canada Health Act was borrowed from both of those bits of British Commonwealth constitutional legislation. However, ...
Editorials /
BY: Jean Hlady, MD, FRCPC
March 2004
... these investigations were substantiated. In 1999–2000, British Columbia child welfare authorities completed 24 321 ... maltreatment, we begin with a detailed description of British Columbia’s Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Marie D. Hay, MD, DCH, DRCOG, FRCPC, MRCP(UK)
April 2004
... are victims of commercial sexual exploitation, but a British Columbia report on prostitution and sexual ... might begin by reading “Sexual Exploitation of Youth in British Columbia.” This extensively researched document can ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP
May 2004
... in the Bella Coola Valley, a remote coastal community in British Columbia. Approximately 46% of these are of ... Bella Coola is one of the most isolated communities in British Columbia. The closest referral hospital is more than ... [5] (see the Figure ). According to data from the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, people living in ...