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Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Eddy, MD May 2005
... industrial accidents. Based on recent scientific findings [1]  regulated work and duty hours first proposed in the ... impairment equivalent to having a blood alcohol level of 0.1%—well above the current BC legal driving limit of 0.08%. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2005
... of a survey. The first question on the survey (see  Table 1 ), which is also the first question in the SF-36 survey, ... assistance. Competing interests None declared. Table 1. Quality of life indicators from survey. Survey item Likert scale range Self-rated health 1 (excellent) to 5 (poor) Self-rated stress 1 (unstressful) ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: K. Pielak, RN, MSN May 2005
... programs will be introduced: •  For infants:  Starting 1 June 2005 infants at 2 months of age will be eligible for ... 17 000 physician visits, 172 hospitalizations, and 1 to 2 deaths. Two-thirds of the hospitalizations due to ... •  Susceptible infants at 12 months of age:  As of 1 January 2005 all infants born on or after January 2004 are ...
Editorials / BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD May 2005
... are the ones who have done extra postgraduate training of 1 to 2 years following their fellowships, and, therefore, ...
Letters / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD May 2005
... breeders is that conversion of feed to pig meat is about 4:1 and is significantly improved so that the extra cost of ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS May 2005
... BCMJ  readership study was completed in January (Wave 1 was completed in 2001). Results are consistent with 2001, ... HIV Trials Network web site ( www.hivnet.ubc.ca ) or call 1 800 661-4664. Strategies for management of ART (SMART) (CTN ... thereafter) and temporary (valid for a maximum of 1 year and not renewable). Eligible conditions Only persons ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP May 2005
... 8 or Form 11 or call your nearest WCB office, toll free at 1 888 922-6622. —Don Graham, MD WCB Chief Medical Officer ...
Premise / BY: David Snadden, MBChB, MCISc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP (Edin) June 2005
... 2500 new physicians a year yet graduates only about 1500. [1]  BC’s estimated need is 300 new physicians per year, ... Green’s study, of 1000 members of the population over a 1-month period, 217 visited a physician, 65 visited a ... department, 8 were admitted to a general hospital, and 1 was hospitalized in a university teaching hospital. It is ...
News June 2005
... and Peter Taylor. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2004. ISBN 1-55263-605-4. Hardcover, 112 pages. $49.95. Patients First ... Services (PSS) 9th Internet Auction. Any time between 1 June to 30 June, day or night, anywhere in the province, ... contact Barry Corrin, executive director, at 604 669-1616, 1 800 665-6880,  parent@radiant.net  or visit  ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Duncan Robertson, MD, FRCP, FRCPC June 2005
... • 20% of seniors with hip fractures die within 1 year, and half of those who recover never regain full ... Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society Guidelines, [1]   Prevention of Falls and Injuries Among the Elderly , a ...