Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
September 2006
... misinformation on the topic. [1,2] For those of us in practice, answering patients’ concerns on this issue can be ... of Family Physicians. 2004 American Academy of Family Practice policy statement on fluoridation of public water ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD,
September 2006
... by clinicians would be best supported in clinical practice environments as part of an interactive dialogue ... are directly relevant to an individual or institutional practice. In other words, there must be a positive clinical ... medications as if they were “small adults.” Clinical practice focused on adjusting dosage to account for smaller ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD,
September 2006
... [7] as well as the earlier Harvard Medical Practice Study done in New York state. The lower event rates ...
President's Comment
October 2006
... are different from those we faced when I began medical practice a little more than 20 years ago. For the most part ... of new cases. The goal is to get physicians back in their practice and giving their patients the best and most ...
Premise /
BY: James D. Warren, MD
October 2006
... today remains as an emblem of physicians and the practice of medicine. When patients were cured of illnesses, ...
News /
BY: Fiona Youatt,
October 2006
... allocation can be applied at the fee code level. General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) The GPSC is an existing ... to the BCMA and government on matters related to rural practice. These programs include the Rural Retention Program, ... the plan in ways that support physicians remaining in practice longer. • In 2010, the Maternity Leave Program ...
Editorials /
BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD
October 2006
... between the Society of Specialists and Society of General Practice have broken down and have gone to arbitration. Once ... process. In most jurisdictions in the world general practice negotiates at a setting completely separate from ...
Editorials /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
October 2006
... component guarantees to provide commonsense, useful practice information delivered by extremely entertaining, ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Basil Boulton, MD
October 2006
... review in addition to internal mechanisms to ensure safe practice. This function needs to be carried out in a ...
Back Page /
BY: E.F. Vreede, MD,
October 2006
... Granger Avery 25 years ago continue to guide the authors practice today. It was a fairly sunny day in June 1981. Dr ... the BC wilderness. Without a doubt, the UBC rural family practice program for second-year students is one of the ... but one of many fondly remembered experiences of my rural practice time. The things I learned were very helpful during ...