President's Comment /
BY: Michael Golbey, MD
May 2006
... most recent negotiations indicate, that the government of BC understands these problems and aims to rectify them by ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP
May 2006
... by nurse ad visors. It is now available in all areas of BC. Many physicians have already used this service and ... intervention by nurse advisors is now available throughout BC ...
President's Comment /
BY: Michael Golbey, MD
June 2006
... expressed significant concerns. The proposals were sent to BC’s family physicians for referendum, and they did not ... on finance and health. In media interviews throughout BC and across the country, I attempted to put forward the collective views of BC physicians on topics that included physician shortages, ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
June 2006
... mammography The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon Chapter (CBCF), recently announced the second-year ... of the launch, statistics indicated that less than 50% of BC women over 40 were booking screening mammography ... one of the centres of the Screening Mammography Program of BC. The Screening Mammography Program of BC is a program of ...
Letters /
BY: David Pearson, MD
June 2006
... in Asymptomatic Patients” at www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/msp/protoguides/index.html . —ED Letters Ulcerative ...
Letters /
BY: Leon Bard, MD,
June 2006
... a publication of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, describes a new syndrome associated with cataract surgery ...
Letters /
BY: Ari Giligson, MD,
June 2006
... which can be found on MSP’s web site at www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/msp/infoprac/index.html (click on the link for “Eye Exams”), or call the BC Medical Association at 604 736-5551. We will be happy to ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
June 2006
... is no longer the case in British Columbia. According to BC Vital Statistics, between 2000 and 2004 the number of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC
June 2006
... labs. A process frequently found in clandestine labs in BC uses red phosphorus and hydroiodic acid to reduce ... tract. With the growing number of these labs in BC, physicians should consider this as possible explanation ... manufacture. —Ray Copes, MD, MSc —Patti Dods, MET BC Centre for Disease Control Clandestine drug ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Amy C. MacArthur, MHSc
June 2006
... Regional District was generated from the population-based BC Medical Services Plan client registry. The province’s ... universal medical plan provides coverage to all BC residents, thereby ensuring a representative sampling ... 6 (50.0) * Definition based on criteria adopted from BC Cancer Agency’s Hereditary Cancer Program. [13] Family ...