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WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP June 2005
... at WorkSafeBC. “It highlights our primary mandate of health and safety, and encompasses our partnership with ...
President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD June 2005
... and I will soon put behind me the everyday dealings of health care politics. The year started off with a bang with ... , which gave government a failing grade across all health regions in its ability to provide for patients needing ... attended the conferences sponsored by the BC Physician Health Program and I’m pleased that the number of ...
Premise / BY: David Snadden, MBChB, MCISc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP (Edin) June 2005
... in a series of steps we must take to deal with the current health care crisis in the province. Physician retention, ... at an arena in Prince George to protest their region’s health care crisis. Physician shortages had led to a ... the ground was broken at UNBC for the Donald Rix Northern Health Science Centre. In spring 2004, testing of technology ...
Obituaries / BY: N.J. Donnelly, MD June 2005
... when in 1991 the family retired to Vancouver. Han’s health declined over the past few years and he was well ...
News June 2005
... time you get the chance. —Quint Studer Quint Studer is a health care management educator. Magee receives Community ... about refusing life support. In British Columbia, the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act says ... of communicating his or her wishes through a debilitating health condition such as a stroke, dementia, or an accident. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Duncan Robertson, MD, FRCP, FRCPC June 2005
... in death, disability, or compromised quality-of-life, and health care costs. What can the doctors of British Columbia ... , a special report from the Office of the Provincial Health Officer, [2]  and on the BC Injury Research and ... province. In this way we hope to contribute to promoting health and quality of life particularly among “frail” ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC June 2005
... across the province through physician’s offices, public health clinics, and through outreach in gay bars and clubs. ... the publicly funded immunization program from the local health department where you normally pick up vaccines. This ... Gustafson, MD, FRCPC P. Daly, MD, FRCPC Vancouver Coastal Health Authority   Suggested reading National Advisory ...
Back Page / BY: Jonathan Down, MBBS, MHSc, DCH, FRCPC June 2005
... feet not used), but otherwise we all stayed in good health. Apparently, this has been the norm for Whitecrow over ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Laura MacDougall, MSc June 2005
... No immunoglobulin G antibodies were detected in 67 health care personnel in Chile exposed to patients with HPS. ... and reporting of HPS cases are important from a public health standpoint. Regular diagnosis allows surveillance for ... for Disease Control. The assistance of environmental health officers from the Interior Health Authority with case ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David B. Miller, MD, FRCPC June 2005
... that “statins have not been shown to provide an overall health benefit in primary prevention trials.” [1] ...