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Premise / BY: Hugh D. Tildesley, MD September 2005
Many BC physicians have lost confidence in the province’s drug ...
Obituaries / BY: T.J. Olson, MD September 2005
... at McGill and Orme in Victoria, was registered with the BC College of Pharmacy, and worked as a pharmacist in Prince ... VGH, he joined the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC in 1954. He initially worked as a general practitioner ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS September 2005
... of insurance choices Members of the BCMA and the CMA in BC and their families now have broader insurance choices than ... office for more information. BCMA:  Toll free in BC 1 800 665-2262 ext. 2882 or 2836/604 638-2882 or 604 ... of Excellence The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC presented its Award of Excellence to five recipients at ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Westby, MD September 2005
... Burak’s excellent article from April 2005 entitled, “BC’s technologically challenged health care system” (BCMJ ... MD Deputy Registrar, College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Dr Brookstone responds As someone who has been intimately ... line, it is also true that the majority of physicians in BC do have access to a fax machine, making it a more ...
Interviews / BY: Michael Golbey, MD September 2005
BC Medical Journal: Can you tell me about one of your career ... who have made huge contributions to organized medicine in BC, and I wanted to be sure I could live up to that. But ... be a long way ahead. So yes, we can learn from them. Will BC be the next province to see a challenge to the Canada ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Linda M.N. Hoang, MSc, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC September 2005
... extent of that epidemic is still being investigated. In BC, since surveillance was enhanced in the fall of 2004, ... Pathology and Laboratory Medicine —Hugh Jones, MD BCCDC BC Centre for Disease Control Lymphogranuloma venereum, a rare disease in Canada and BC ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2005
... physicians in British Columbia dropped from 576 (12.9% of BC physicians) in January 1994 to 490 (11.1%) in January ... of physicians required. [2,3,7] Polls suggest that 18% of BC doctors plan to retire in the next 5 years and 40% in the ... a successful joint initiative of UBC, the BCMA, and the BC Ministry of Health Services. Those responsible for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jana Patenaude, BSc, MSc October 2005
... According to staff working at the Population Section of BC Stats, Canada Census data typically underreport the true ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Cynthia Fan, MD October 2005
...  but controversy continues. [4,5] In October 2002, the BC Ministry of Health Services, through the Provincial Blood ... number of acute care physicians along with members of the BC Transfusion Medicine Advisory Group to serve on an Albumin ... The group’s mandate was to review the use of albumin in BC, to consider the applicability of alternatives, to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Fred Bass, MD, DSc October 2005
... Society for Clinical Preventive Health Care (formerly the BC Doctors’ Stop-Smoking Program) have learned in 15 years ...