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Letters / BY: William W. Arkinstall, MD July/August 2007
... monopoly and be the only medical care provider. The Canada Health Act, introduced by the then–Health Minister Monique Begin, as her departing shot, has been a disaster for Canada’s medical health system. The Liberals at the time had guarantees from ...
Letters / BY: John Turner, MB July/August 2007
... sterling service to the Royal Columbian and Fraser Health, but I suspect that there are many similar physicians ... we will have even less influence on administration and the health care bureaucracy in Victoria. The point of this letter ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Faulkner, MBChB July/August 2007
... as chair of the BCMA’s Alternative Therapies and Allied Health Committee to espouse his personal anti-complementary ... of individuals.”  —Lloyd Oppel, MD Chair, Allied Health and Alternative Therapies Committee Letters CME ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) July/August 2007
... study showed how substance abuse has a direct impact on health care and criminal justice costs, and indirect costs on ... Addictive Diseases, under the umbrella of the Council on Health Promotion. The new committee is responsible for ... the coming months the committee will seek the input of BC health authorities to identify gaps in the provision of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC July/August 2007
... (WNNS), indicating the heavy burden of the disease on the health care system and the long-term impact. Most cases in ... history of travel on the requisition. Reporting to public health Both WNV and Lyme disease are reportable in BC, and ... (see the Table) must be reported to your local medical health officer (MHO). A more detailed investigation of cases ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ingrid Söchting, PhD, July/August 2007
Numerous clinical observations by mental health professionals indicate that Aboriginal people have a much higher rate of mental health problems than non-Aboriginals. [1,2]  Some argue that ... the symptom picture among Aboriginal people seeking mental health services is often quite extreme in terms of impairment ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul Ian Steinberg, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2007
... a psychiatrist, or a practitioner of another mental health discipline. If the patient of a family physician requires continuing treatment by a mental health professional, an appropriate referral is recommended ... that is recommended to the family physician or mental health professional. Research following patients after ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle P. Wong, MD July/August 2007
... Research and Quality (formerly the US Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) (see  Appendix A ) and ... Canadian Blood Services (CBS) Special Access Program of Health Canada. There may be a role for its use in patients ... antithrombin, protein C, and C1 esterase inhibitor. A Health Canada Special Access Program application may be ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP September 2007
... 1 January 2008, WorkSafeBC will implement new Occupational Health and Safety Regulation guidelines to minimize health care workers’ potential occupational exposure to ... with blood or other body fluid is a major concern for health care workers because of the potential for acquiring ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, September 2007
... feeling much more optimistic about the future of our health care system being in their hands. The public persona ... the AGM, was our submission to the Conversation on Health. Physicians Speak Up answered three key questions ... that involved the meaning of the principles of the Canada Health Act (CHA), how to sustain our health care system in ...