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Editorials / BY: Eric M. Yoshida, OBC, MD, MHSc, FRCPC January/February 2004
Within the lifetime of many doctors in this province and within the professional lives of ... opportunistic infections such as cytomegalovirus. In BC and the rest of Canada, patients and physicians alike can ... for good long-term outcomes. [3]  To date, no one in BC with HIV has received a transplant and only one patient ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2004
I just love living in BC. Besides all the obvious feel-good things we constantly hear trumpeted by the “Beautiful BC” people in the Ministry of Tourism, there is a constant ... move to shore up the government’s resolve to ensure that doctors will not be able to stare down government-appointed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Jarchow, MSW March 2004
... reports result in a child protection investigation. [4] In BC, child welfare definitions, reporting laws, and ... suspected cases of child maltreatment to authorities. In BC, the  Child, Family and Community Service Act  requires ... had slipped on the ice. Randal was treated and released. Doctors who later testified at the trial said such a fall ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC April 2004
... involved, the physician should initiate involvement. In BC, health care providers are required by law to report any ... cases may be managed very well by pediatricians or family doctors who have an established relationship with the family. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2004
... of Anahim Lake and Nimpo Lake. [10]  According to BC Vital Statistics, the average total population of LHA 49 ... Coola physicians who drive to Anahim Lake for a weekly doctors’ clinic. BC Vital Statistics routinely standardizes LHA data using the ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD May 2004
... ) the BCMJ may have done a disservice to the doctors of BC. The author goes on to describe in detail the shortcomings ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jonathan Burns, MD, CCFP(EM) June 2004
... all references and recommendations were made available to doctors through e-mail and online resources. This mode of ... installed in offices, hospitals, and at home. This allows doctors to purchase only one mobile terminal to access ... many patients in an hour from home or summer cabin. The BC Ambulance Service, one of the largest and most technically ...
Letters June 2004
... our community that would be beneficial if shared with the doctors of BC. The issues relate to seatbelt exemption certificates and ... ejected, from the vehicle. I’m confident that most doctors have seen the results and would concur that seatbelt ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB July/August 2004
... may use the revenue to treat others. The brain drain of doctors frustrated by rationing and restricted access to new ... life expectancy, 16th in infant mortality, and 16th in doctors per 1000 population. A Canadian Institute for Health ... A recent survey showed that half of all children at BC’s Children’s Hospital were waiting a medically ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2004
BC Medical Journal : What gives you the most professional ... trying to improve the fee schedule in areas that reward doctors who are doing full-service family practice ... there was fairness. Second, I feel very strongly that doctors must have a strong leadership role in our health care ...