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Clinical Articles / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2006
... The National Advisory Committee on Immunization and the BC Perinatal Protocol for HBV emphasize that accountability ... Of about 40 000 pregnant women who deliver annually in BC, approximately 400 (1%) test positive for HBV on prenatal ... expect to identify eight infected infants each year in BC. Fewer infants than this were reported with chronic HBV ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Humer, MD, FRCSC, July/August 2006
... (oral communication, P. Blumel, cartographer, Province of BC, 22 September 2005). People living in the expanse of BC beyond the well-populated southwest region have ... provide sustainability of practice, thoracic surgeons in BC have had to practise in groups delivering centralized ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2006
... Dr Coward, with letters of support from the BC Civil Liberties Association and the BC Persons with AIDS Society in hand, introduced a motion to ...
President's Comment / BY: Margaret MacDiarmid, MD, September 2006
... climate in which members can provide the citizens of BC with the highest standard of health care while achieving ... second project will assess the state of LTC services in BC and provide recommendations for long-term, systemic ... are integral to the progress and continual growth of the BC Medical Association. The strategic planning process can be ...
Obituaries / BY: Jane Chacko September 2006
... to his medical practice and serving as president of the BC Surgical Society, Dr Chacko was also involved in the ...
News / BY: Robert Hulyk, MHA, ABC, September 2006
... Too Long: Reducing and Better Managing Wait Times in BC. The report calls for governments to establish wait time ... is a call for a 25% increase in operating room capacity in BC within 2 years, followed by another 25% increase to be ... Thommasen, a BCMA member and regular contributor to the BC Medical Journal. Dr Thommasen, a professor at the ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2006
... pretty diverse. It was my husband who wanted to move to BC; in Rossland, where we live now, there are 3500 people. So ... any question about people withdrawing service or leaving BC, and that you don’t have these issues about recruitment ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2006
... the firmly stated political wishes of a majority of BC’s physicians and put forward their own preferred ... would even consider trampling all over the rights of BC’s physicians. Such action would reflect a paternalistic ... little thought to the democratic rights of the doctors in BC. I wonder what will be the next freedom deemed to be ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) September 2006
... opposition to this important public health measure. In BC only 11% of homes have fluoridated water. Due to unfounded ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Margot Smythe, RN, BSN September 2006
... logs have been distributed to physician offices within BC. In addition, the author of the Medical Office Assistant ... offices who participated in the pilot project. BC Centre for Disease Control Putting the “cold back into ...