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News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS March 2005
... lose or misplace your T4A, you can e-mail  benefits@bcma.bc.ca  to request a replacement. The amount of taxable ... at 604 736-2961. You can also e-mail us at  benefits@bcma.bc.ca  for a copy. Please note that in addition to financial ... many years as a rural practitioner in Williams Lake, BC. Many of the stories come from being on call in the old ...
President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD March 2005
... concerns in front of your MLA. I strongly encourage all BC physicians to review the election guide and become as well ... Burak, MD BCMA President President's Comment Election BC--Make your voice heard ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2005
... in the peritoneum. In 2002, 65 cases were reported to the BC Cancer Agency. The annual incidence in the general ... under Schedule B. However, data available from the BC Cancer Agency and the WCB indicate that from 1970 to 2002, ... one-third of mesothelioma cases have been compensated in BC (349 compensated cases of 981 registered cases). Most ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maria Corral, MD, FRCPC April 2005
... postpartum women treated with bright light therapy in the BC Reproductive Mental Health (BCRMH) program. Improvement ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Shaila Misri, MD, FRCPC April 2005
... to these agents are currently being investigated in the BC Reproductive Mental Health program. Conclusions Treating ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Patti Dods, MET April 2005
... place the premature death toll from air pollution in BC at approximately 140 to 400 deaths per year, with 700 to ... is the air pollutant with greatest cause for concern in BC. Particles that are 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter ... than 50% of total PM 2.5  emissions in certain regions of BC. Although wood smoke is generally emitted outdoors, ...
Editorials / BY: Shaila Misri, MD, FRCPC April 2005
... Columbia Reproductive Mental Health program based at BC Women’s Hospital and St. Paul’s Hospital. This ... Columbia Medical Director, Reproductive Mental Health, BC Women’s Hospital and St. Paul’s Hospital Editorials ...
Editorials / BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD April 2005
In recent months the College of Physicians & Surgeons of BC has been pilloried by the local press regarding the ... and leave readers with the impression that the taxicabs of BC are occupied by foreign-trained physicians who are ...  Competency evaluations have been initiated in BC with limited funding from the provincial government. They ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD April 2005
... the most read and appreciated medical publication among BC physicians. There are a number of interesting results from ... it is clear that a majority of practising physicians in BC still want a printed magazine to read irrespective of ... being the most frequently read medical publication in BC among all physicians and the fact that there are about ...
News / BY: John McCracken, MD April 2005
... funding from various community organizations and the BC government. The Asante Centre is one of only 11 facilities ... begun the task of producing the eighth edition of the “BC Guide,” which will be more evidence-based (wherever ... on functional ability than simply diagnosis. The current BC Guide is in need of updating. The changes currently ...