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Letters / BY: A. Krisman, MD September 2007
I thought my letter-writing days were over, but the headline “BC’s ... (no pun intended). When I began practice at the old Grace Hospital almost 50 years ago (gasp!), the C-section rate ... of question or criticism from peers. In the later years of my practice at Richmond Hospital, when making weekend rounds ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2007
... spent one year in pediatric residency at Vancouver General Hospital, then accepted a one-year GP locum in Terrace.  He ... being a doctor? Patients, pure and simple. I performed my first delivery in 1975; that baby is now grown up and ... time do you spend in the office as opposed to elsewhere? My work certainly is mostly office based, but if you see a ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2007
... to reflect. I am a dinosaur. I never saw it coming. During my training I remember the limiting of billing numbers that made my classmates and me wonder which small, northern BC ... being in the six figures. I recall nervously applying for hospital privileges, as failure to acquire these would ...
Case Report / BY: Tony Wilson, MD, October 2007
... and hips ( Figure 2 ), the consequence of a prolonged hospital stay. She survived, with paralysis below the waist, ... closure of the sores ( Figure 3 ). Follow-up during my recent visit in August 2007 revealed that the patient ...
Premise / BY: Michael A. Ross, MD, FRCSC October 2007
... you remember that old expression “I have great faith in my doctor”? You are not likely to hear it again for two ... was 24%. One in four women died after giving birth in hospital, while their cousins in the country might deliver 6 ... pain medication until the cure was found. I felt it was my duty to tell him the truth, that help would likely not ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, October 2007
... outdoors and too early to ski. That is why many years ago my wife and I decided this would be the ideal month to take a ... in a boating accident and had been sutured at the local hospital. He gave a hilarious account of the experience, ...
Editorials / BY: Patricia M. Rebbeck, MB, ChB, FRCSC December 2007
... I hesitated for a nanosecond because I am surely beyond my best-before date. I withdrew from clinical practice some ... medical treatment and medical technology. For instance, in my field, minimal access surgery has reduced trauma to the ... and therefore reduced the time needed recovering in hospital. Besides, it is rather intriguing to do, resembling ...
Index December 2007
... Anonymous: Physician, heal thyself (op) 1:14 Appleton G: My goals: Unity, relevance, and stability (op) 6:297; From 0 ... divided we fall (ed) 3:105; Book review: Vancouver General Hospital: 100 Years of Care and Service 3:144; Dr Hugh ...
Index December 2007
... and communities (pu) (Wilson JA) 9:502 Vancouver General Hospital: 100 Years of Care and Service (pu) (Day B) 3:144 ... of the next generation of physicians (MacDiarmid M) 1:11 My goals: Unity, relevance, and stability (Appleton G) 6:297 ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Jonathan Fenton, MD, FRCS, December 2007
... WorkSafeBC does not operate an urgent care centre/hospital. If an ur­gent surgical assessment is required, ... from Don Graham: Season's Greatings - and, since this is my last WorkSafeBC page before my retirement, all the best to you--not only in 2008, but ...
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