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Letters / BY: Eric Smith, MD January/February 2004
We read with interest the article by Dr McGowan and Ms Nightingale on hospitalists ( ... been accepted by the Fraser Health Authority. Indeed, this article has been circulated in a slightly different format ... review process. Finally, Dr McGowan is identified as the medical director of Burnaby Hospital and declares no ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC March 2004
... [1]  “Shaken baby syndrome” is a term used in the medical literature to describe children who have suffered an ... and, in some cases, death. [8]  Several aspects of medical assessment can help physicians recognize and manage ... been made in addressing many of these controversies. This article reviews aspects of history-taking, physical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean Hlady, MD, FRCPC March 2004
... meet to ensure the child is receiving a proper education. Medical neglect This occurs when a child’s basic health ... in a timely manner. • When a parent fails to comply with medical recommendations (e.g., failing to administer ... Hospital for their assistance in the preparation of this article. Competing interests None declared.             ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Jarchow, MSW March 2004
... whether a criminal offence has taken place. Role of the medical profession Both law enforcement and child welfare authorities may call on the medical system to provide opinions required as part of ... and referral of possible child maltreatment cases. This article reviews the scope of child abuse and the need for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: G. Butt, MHSc March 2004
... transplantation. The number of individuals who received a medical assessment is unknown; however, about 650 cases per ... and care services for those with or at-risk of HCV. This article highlights the early outcomes from two initiatives, ... partnership with physician specialists, the sites organize medical clinics several times a month for patients who ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD March 2004
... “If access to health care is a right protected under article 7 of the Charter (which protects the rights to ... is no evidence that the institution of a parallel private medical system in countries with an established, publicly ... to define a system that today bears no relation to the medical realities of the era in which the act was created. ...
Editorials / BY: Jean Hlady, MD, FRCPC March 2004
... are high and there is little margin for error. [1]  For medical professionals who do not see seriously abused ... maltreatment—abusive head trauma and neglect. A final article discusses the role of the medical expert witness in a child abuse trial and offers some ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D.B. Clement, MD May 2004
... past decade there have been hundreds of references in the medical literature to the use of ESWT for musculoskeletal ... with the different applications of ESWT in divergent medical diagnoses have produced challenges to reliable ... also been used to treat musculoskeletal disorders. This article assesses the current status of ESWT in the management ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD May 2004
...  from a colleague complaining that by publishing a recent article on the treatment of fibromyalgia with acupuncture ( ... remembered when any of us are evaluating the usefulness of medical articles that are presented as “new science” in ... Editorial Board, in its collective wisdom, feels that an article has merit because it provides our readers with a new, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alan Brookstone, MD June 2004
... specific clinical data. When fully implemented, electronic medical record (EMR) systems allow health care providers to ... to take place in health care. Unfortunately, governments, medical associations, and physicians have done a poor job to ... IT User Group, which includes the author of this article, was formed. The objective was to create an ...