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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc April 2006
... organisms are usually spread on the hands of health care providers. • Wear a barrier (e.g., gloves) when it is anticipated that the health care provider will come in contact with mucous ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Nadine Caron, MD, April 2006
There are some troubling facts when it comes to health care for Canada’s Aboriginal population. First, despite great efforts, health reports continue to demonstrate a concerning difference in health statistics between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ...
Editorials / BY: Alan Brookstone, MD April 2006
... he is currently only considering this request as his own health is in question. The principles of editorial ...
News / BY: Sarah Gilgoff, BSc, April 2006
... to influence all women with an HDP admitted to a BC health care facility. It is anticipated that the integrated ... by the BC Perinatal Database Registry and the Ministry of Health, will be compared prior and subsequent to ... —Sarah Gilgoff, BSc Peter von Dadelszen, MD  New mental health beds improve patient care at St. Paul’s In February ...
Obituaries / BY: G. Fyffe, MD, April 2006
... representative for the CMA on the 1962 Royal Commission on Health and in 1963 was a member of the Special Committee on ...
Premise / BY: Faith E. Hayman, LLB, BA, BEd April 2006
... is critical to most people’s financial survival. When health issues interfere with an individual’s ability to ... at many levels of their lives: in addition to the loss of health and the loss of one’s ability to earn a livelihood, ... the nature of an insurance contract tied to a person’s health status thus: “few contracts could affect one’s ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD April 2006
... citizens of British Columbia with the highest standard of health care while achieving maximum professional satisfaction ... toward a common goal, often in collaboration with other health care stakeholders. Three committees, in particular, ... the objectives of the mission statement. The Council on Health Promotion (COHP), the Council on Health Economics and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
... and Eva Carlson, both of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The DES is one of the ... aware of the prevalence of dissociativity in mental health patients. It is not hard to understand why, given the ... the long distances from many medical services and mental health care services. Similar studies need to be undertaken ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
... In that role, I undertook an overall assessment of how health care was delivered and I interviewed many interested ... RCMP. Without exception, all the parties identified mental health care as the most underserviced aspect of professional health care in non-urban areas. And it is a huge area—about ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ralph J. Maddess, PhD May 2006
... of rural British Columbia has a severe shortage of mental health services. The prevailing attitude is that people ... accept lack of funding for the provision of mental health services by qualified professionals. Furthermore, ... away. One of the first attempts to deal with rural mental health issues on a large scale was made in the 1970s when the ...