Premise /
BY: Hugh D. Tildesley, MD
September 2005
... There is a growing concern in Canada and particularly in British Columbia that the public is not being well served by ... for coverage of licensed medicines. This concern in British Columbia has led to the formation of a Pharmacare ... up to 7 years! Thus, once a drug is licensed for sale in British Columbia, it has already been tested for safety and ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
September 2005
... Centre for Microbial Disease Research at the University of British Columbia, will be presented the Society’s ... together with a number of partners (the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences ...
Letters /
BY: Lloyd Westby, MD
September 2005
... that is fully electronic. The majority of physicians in British Columbia do not share the benefits that Dr Westby ... current state of information technology in health care in British Columbia (and the rest of Canada) in order to provide ... about the progress that is being made in healthcare IT in British Columbia and encourage physicians to raise these ...
Interviews /
BY: Michael Golbey, MD
September 2005
... to ensure that people operate in both systems—and in the British system they do that. Their top surgeons in the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP
September 2005
The life of full-service physicians working in British Columbia’s northern and rural communities is a ... According to CMA data, the number of rural physicians in British Columbia dropped from 576 (12.9% of BC physicians) in ... the next 10 years. [7] For some time, the shortfall in British Columbia has been managed by recruiting doctors from ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David Fairholm, MD, FRCSC
September 2005
... for new physicians. The need for physicians throughout British Columbia is posing a threat to the health of our ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
September 2005
... of undergraduate medical students at the University of British Columbia. In addition to little familiarity with ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Todd Cherniak, LLB
September 2005
... or diagnostic tool in personal injury litigation in British Columbia. This is because MRI is a scarce resource in ... to be used in practically every personal injury claim in British Columbia in a manner that will be of benefit to the ... using radioactive isotopes, there is no controversy in the British Columbia courts about the admissibility of MRI as ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Patricia M. Rebbeck, MB, ChB, FRCSC
September 2005
... trend in general surgery. The University of Northern British Columbia, in partnership with UBC, already trains ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
September 2005
... as policymakers, became established over the years and in British Columbia they are given the courtesy title of ...