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Clinical Articles / BY: Patty Daly, MD, FRCPC June 2007
...  “Estimating the impact of pandemic influenza on the BC health care system.” This is a rough estimate, based on ...   Estimating the impact of pandemic influenza on the BC health care system During an influenza pandemic, the BC health care system will not continue to function in the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP July/August 2007
... documentation. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC has written standards outlining facility and physician ... are not necessarily medical doctors. Late last year, the BC Ministry of Health established a working group to review ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, July/August 2007
... your Association is planning to make its submission to BC’s Conversation on Health. The physicians of BC are on the front lines of health care and witness daily ... unity. What I’m hearing these days from colleagues in BC’s urban areas, here in the Lower Mainland and in ...
News July/August 2007
... Dept. of Psychiatry 7000 Westminster Highway  Richmond BC, V6X 1A2 Phone 604 278-9711, ext. 4055 ... just started.  Called the FPs4BC (Family Physicians for BC) Program, it provides eligible physicians with access to ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Faulkner, MBChB July/August 2007
... Association of Complementary and Integrated Physicians of BC Dr Oppel replies Dr Faulkner identifies Adam Dreamhealer ... conduct. The survey sought to determine the views of BC physicians on the effect and quality of medical advice ...
Editorials / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD July/August 2007
... there have been approximately 7000 admissions for this in BC alone. Therefore, decreasing their frequency also has a ... for coverage since the drugs were first marketed in BC. Having difficulty believing this, I asked one of the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) July/August 2007
... In the coming months the committee will seek the input of BC health authorities to identify gaps in the provision of services for addicted patients. At the same time, BC doctors will be surveyed to determine what educational ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC July/August 2007
... The most important vectorborne illnesses to consider in BC are West Nile virus (WNV) spread by mosquitoes and Lyme ... of an infected tick. While we have not had WNV activity in BC, it has caused illness in neighboring states and provinces ... had its highest number yet with 24 cases reported. While BC has remained free of WNV activity, surveillance ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ingrid Söchting, PhD, July/August 2007
... The 127 files represent 24 different Aboriginal bands in BC.  Risk factors for complex PTSD in subjects Nearly all of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle P. Wong, MD July/August 2007
The Transfusion Medicine Advisory Group (TMAG) of BC has prepared guidelines to assist physicians in their ... Provincial Coordinating Office web site ( www.bloodlink.bc.ca ) and will be updated periodically. Prescribing ... developed by the Transfusion Medicine Advisory Group of BC to provide physicians with evidence-based indications for ...