News /
BY: Kwadwo Ohene Asante, BChB,
January/February 2007
... and diagnosis. The present efforts of the government of BC to establish regional assessment centres, initiatives ... —Kwadwo Ohene Asante,MBChB Medical Director, Asante Centre for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 2007 National Physician ... visit www.nationalphysiciansurvey.ca . Hammell named BC Family Physician of the Year Dr Darlene Hammell was named ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Maia Love, BSc, BGS,
January/February 2007
... with Dr Chris Fraser of the Cool Aid Community Health Centre to identify key services. By consulting various ... substance use and child protection http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/publications/privacy_charter/pfwg_body.htm Canadian ... Resources for addictions care in BC BC Ministry of Health—Health and addictions ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Janet Webb, BSc(Pharm), MSc,
January/February 2007
... to be 4.4 (95% CI 1.4–13.8). [10] The Poison Control Centre at BC’s Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) has had over ... DPIC continues to gather data on venlafaxine overdose in BC, to advise on case management, and to follow up for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Kevin Elwood, MD
March 2007
... less dangerous. —R.K. Elwood, MBBCh —V. Cook, MD BC Centre for Disease Control BC Centre for Disease Control Tuberculosis and TNF – α ...
News /
BY: Tara Lyon
April 2007
... Heritage Society, 1011 456 Moberly Road, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4L7, tel/fax: 604 224-3607, or e-mail ... as a reminder of the important place that VGH has in BC medical history. The era when infectious diseases were so ... a new orthopaedic pediatric program at Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health. He continues to practise ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Lee MacKay, BSc,
April 2007
... Columbia’s health care landscape with the Cambie Surgery Centre and False Creek Surgical Centre promoting themselves ... the answer to the woes of the public health care system in BC, the issue of how best to fix the problems being faced by BC’s health care system has again come to the fore. The ...
Editorials /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
April 2007
... a previous team member, the other a well-known veteran centre. As a long-time hockey player and coach I immediately ... publication you and the majority of your colleagues in BC take the time to read. I just can’t help tapping into ... when doctors of all stripes come together from all over BC (and some other provinces as well) for three days of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Barbara Cadario, BSc, BScPhm, MSc
April 2007
... include ADRs. —Barbara Cadario, BSc(Hon), BScPhm, MSc BC Drug and Poison Information Centre BC Centre for Disease Control Controversies in drug ...
Back Page /
BY: Jay Draper
April 2007
The BC Medical Journal hosted its first CME cruise conference in ... We would also like to thank sponsors Cambie Surgery Centre, Canada Diagnostics, Specialist Referral Clinic, and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Myles Blank, MD, FRCPC,
April 2007
... and preschoolers. The Infant Psychiatry Clinic at BC Children’s Hospital routinely uses criteria from DC: ... specialist, or to the Infant Psychiatry Department at BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital and specialized programs, such as the Alan Cashmore Centre in Vancouver. Outside major urban areas, where ...