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Obituaries / BY: N.J. Donnelly, MD June 2005
... in 1957, and of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia in 1961. He arrived in Williams Lake in the ...
News June 2005
... doctor from Burns Lake, BC, was recently awarded a 2005 British Columbia Community Achievement Award. In addition to ... He is also a member of the University of Northern British Columbia’s Medical Endowment Fundraising Committee. ... right to express wishes about refusing life support. In British Columbia, the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility ...
Letters / BY: Rick Potter-Cogan, CCFP June 2005
... be sustained. I was puzzled as to why we heard two fine British FPs describe their achievements when British family medicine really does not apply here and never ... Most BC doctors do not want capitation. However, the British doctors clearly relayed that pay parity with ...
Letters / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD June 2005
... emeritus of the Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, in a personal communication, points out, in ... the external fixation described in the article    “British Columbia’s First Plastic Surgeon,” BCMJ ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Duncan Robertson, MD, FRCP, FRCPC June 2005
... and health care costs. What can the doctors of British Columbia do to prevent falls? First, some important ... on falls prevention in American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society Guidelines, [1]   Prevention of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Yulia Lin, MD, FRCPC June 2005
... updated and are available electronically on the British Columbia Provincial Blood Coordinating Office web ... considering the most up-to-date guidelines provided by the British Columbia Provincial Blood Coordinating Office, the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Laura MacDougall, MSc June 2005
... submitted a claim to the Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia based on the information obtained during ... ( Peromyscus maniculatus ), commonly found throughout British Columbia. The deer mouse’s propensity for entering ... diagnosed infrequently, hantavirus infections do occur in British Columbia. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome has a crude ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David B. Miller, MD, FRCPC June 2005
A recent publication of the Therapeutics Initiative (TI) of British Columbia, “Do statins have a role in primary ... [1,15]  this approach has been presented to physicians in British Columbia and through newspapers [4-7]  to patients ... CI=confidence interval The Therapeutics Initiative of British Columbia published “Do statins have a role in ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD July/August 2005
... weaken the protection the agreement affords the doctors of British Columbia. In my opinion, negotiations around the ... physicians, or about 95% of all physicians practising in British Columbia, is a formidable force. But, as the famous ... ruling strikes down Quebec laws, which are very similar to British Columbia’s, that guarantee a virtual monopoly on ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS July/August 2005
... Healthcare Innovation and Improvement at the University of British Columbia. This book is based on a similar publication ... category; both the Healthy Heart Society of British Columbia for its  hearts@work  program and the ...