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Clinical Articles / BY: Pierre Leichner, MD, FRCPC January/February 2005
... “‘No I can’t be your…’: Boundary issues for health care professionals” ). Stages of Change from the ... at and the caregiver’s expectations ( Figure 2 ). Most health care professionals are trained to prescribe Action ... Motivational Enhancement Interviewing principles allows health care professionals to develop therapeutic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jorge L. Pinzon, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, FSAM January/February 2005
... genetic potential (based on mid-parental height), general health status of the adolescent, length of chronic ... by obtaining a detailed clinical history including health risk behaviors and, more specifically, sexuality ... adolescents with bulimia nervosa seem to engage in more health risk-taking behaviors than females with anorexia ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marina Leichner, RN January/February 2005
... and involves both the child and the family. Community health care professionals working with individuals with ... it is now necessary for you to come into hospital. Your health is at risk and we are concerned. Although you have no ... will see positive results. A training video and manual for health care professionals and families is available from the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ronald S. Manley, PhD, RPsych January/February 2005
... She will wonder what will happen in treatment and what the health care professionals will be like. The patient may also ... family. We have found that a powerful strategy is for the health care professional to frame the discussion in emotional ... patient should be encouraged to be an informed consumer of health care. The physician may need to engage in appropriate ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat Roles, MSW, RSW, BCATR January/February 2005
... need help to cope with the eating disorder. All of the health care professionals providing care to the child or ... youth and her family in treatment. When families trust the health care provider, the youth perceives this trust and can ... help for their child. They are trying to figure out the health care system related to eating disorders and secure ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ronald S. Manley, PhD, RPsych January/February 2005
... that a good therapeutic relationship is needed for a health care professional to work effectively with a patient ... Patients are also able to throw “emotional darts” at health care professionals and, through their behaviors, hook ... in the caregiver’s life. It is a given that health care professionals will have feelings about the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD January/February 2005
... physicians, the answer is rooted in a desire to promote health. Individual physicians promote health every day. Collectively, BC physicians put this goal into action through the BCMA Council on Health Promotion (COHP).  Originally called the Health ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG January/February 2005
... of civility in society is to emphasize civility within the health care team. I have written here before (thank you, ... you are too kind) about the importance of nurses to the health and well-being of physicians as well as patients. They ... doctors demonstrably show respect for all members of the health care team, but especially nurses, then our less-civil ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD January/February 2005
... supplements (calcium and vitamin D) and exercise for bone health.” According to the MSP/BCMA clinical practice ... recent statement of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care published in the  Canadian Medical Association ... and calcium for our older patients anyway, surely precious health care dollars would be better spent on other needs ...
President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD January/February 2005
... meaningfully consult with the BCMA and physicians on health policy initiatives. • The right to have separate ... on their doctors to speak for them and ensure that our health care system delivers to them the highest quality of ...