President's Comment /
BY: Michael Golbey, MD
November 2005
... mix and distribution of physicians based upon the needs of British Columbia’s population. These objectives guided the ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
December 2005
... observations, and is an easy read. There is a strong British Columbia connection since Mr Cassels is a drug policy ...
Editorials /
BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD
December 2005
... a discussion paper from the Health Officer’s Council of British Columbia entitled A Public Health Approach to Drug ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
December 2005
The British Columbia Ministry of Health’s Pharmacare Division ... the wise use of antibiotics. This funding provides British Columbia with an opportunity to improve stewardship ... and by First Nations and Inuit Health in Alberta. British Columbia will use the DBND program to target health ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
December 2005
... for the next 2 years as a voluntary physician in the British Military Hospital while Nadia, a gifted linguist, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jerilynn C. Prior, MD, FRCPC
December 2005
... Cycle and Ovulation Research at the University of British Columbia began a unique long-distance consultation ... or quality of life. In this context, a University of British Columbia research group has initiated a comprehensive ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ian Gardiner, MD
December 2005
... breast MRI was performed at approximately a dozen sites in British Columbia, including most hospitals with MR cameras. ... is kept, it is thought that more than 20 000 women in British Columbia have had a breast augmentation procedure. ... may receive later. [20] Furthermore, most sites in British Columbia lack the ability to perform breast biopsies ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Nancy Craven, MD, CCFP
July/August 2005
... from the BC Provincial Renal Agency, as many as 14 000 British Columbians may have kidney disease. A large ...