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Clinical Articles / BY: Mario McKenna, MSc, September 2007
... of faculty members affiliated with the University of British Columbia’s Department of Psychiatry. Methods An ... information on all physicians registered with the British Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons was ... represent a significant proportion of the University of British Columbia’s Department of Psychiatry across all ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John A. Dufton, DC, MD, October 2007
... data from health care workers at acute care hospitals in British Columbia employed in 1998. Access to all data was ... by the Clinical Research Ethics Board at the University of British Columbia. The study included data from several ... visits and hospitalization discharges (provided by the British Columbia Linked Health Database) and long-term ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nadejda Droubatchevskaia, MD, October 2007
... These guidelines are available electronically on the British Columbia Provincial Coordinating Office web site ( ... keep in mind the following general considerations: • In British Columbia, informed consent is required for the ... in specific situations.  • Most laboratories in British Columbia convert the prothrombin time (PT) to the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC October 2007
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects about 1.5% of British Columbians. The incubation period is usually 6 to 9 ... virus spontaneously within 6 months, an estimated 43 000 British Columbians are chronically infected and an additional ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Basil Boulton, MD October 2007
Progress toward creating a Bill of Health Care Rights for British Columbian children and youth. The BCMA is poised to ... Victoria next June.  The year 2008 marks 150 years since British Columbia became a colony. What better way to ... importance of children in the development and future of British Columbia as “the best place on earth” than to ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Granger Avery, MD October 2007
... recently announced an important development in providing British Columbia with one of the most comprehensive rural ... a clear vision for the future of rural programs in British Columbia, and, at the same time, remain within our ... more information on current Rural Physician Programs in British Columbia, please click  here .  —Granger Avery, ...
News October 2007
... ISBN 007144310X, 9780071443104. $55.95. Physicians in British Columbia are fortunate to have 24/7 availability of ... the CMA, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. Non-medical candidates may be of Canadian ... to medicine and/or to the welfare of the people of British Columbia or Canada. CMA Honorary Membership ...
Obituaries / BY: Graham Bryce, MD, October 2007
... contract as physicians for the Demerara Bauxite Co. in British Guinea (now Guyana). From 1954–1955, Ken completed ... in 1962. Ken held a faculty position at the University of British Columbia, an office practice with Eileen, and ...
Premise / BY: Michael A. Ross, MD, FRCSC October 2007
... reported its cure by fresh oranges in 1747, and the British Navy started providing lemon juice on voyages of more ... Louis to challenge this hallowed medical tradition. The British observed that all the patients were French and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP October 2007
... of temporal bone dissection courses at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, and Wayne State ...