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President's Comment / BY: Margaret MacDiarmid, MD, January/February 2007
... medical students, residents, other colleagues, and other health professionals.” Teaching the next generation of ...
Premise January/February 2007
... to do so and after staggering through a week of declining health, I gained enough insight to visit my local emergency ... an interesting case. I was impressed by what our modern health care system can do. The technology available to us is ...
News / BY: Kwadwo Ohene Asante, BChB, January/February 2007
... Physicians of the Year are chosen by their peers, other health care colleagues, community leaders, and patients. ... Obesity coaching and support Obesity has been making health headlines lately, and many physicians undoubtedly find ... wondering what role they can play in improving the overall health and fitness of their patients, particularly those ...
MDs To Be / BY: Maia Love, BSc, BGS, January/February 2007
... of a client at each stage in the model, a counselor, i.e., health care provider (physician, therapist, etc.) is able to ... I worked with Dr Chris Fraser of the Cool Aid Community Health Centre to identify key services. By consulting various ... abstinence from sharing needles can have a significant health impact on this subpopulation. Thus further development ...
ICBC / BY: Martin Ray, MD, January/February 2007
... who has a general practice and specializes in mental health care, recently asked me to clarify ICBC’s ... Unlike WorkSafeBC, ICBC is not exempt from the Canada Health Act. In appropriate situations, an out-of-pocket tort ... Program. An ICBC rehabilitation coordinator will work with health care providers to help the patient make the transition ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2007
... come a long way toward getting a passing grade as far as health care is concerned, but the most important thing they ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP January/February 2007
... it illustrates the importance of the role doctors play in health promotion. Funding for a similar longer-term project ... poster of our project. The CDPAC was created by the Public Health Agency of Canada and primarily takes a population-health approach to disease prevention. The thing I found most ...
College Library / BY: Linda Clendenning January/February 2007
... information and CINAHL for nursing and allied health and may use STAT!Ref’s PIER as a point-of-care ...
President's Comment / BY: Margaret MacDiarmid, MD, March 2007
... frustration with bureaucratic management of their health care system. All this is contributing to low morale. ... improving doctors’ relationships with government and health authorities and having a positive influence on health policy. These two priorities really go hand in hand. ...
News / BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD March 2007
... of key committees, and participate in such things as health care policy development. The assembly, like the Board, ... The 46-page document is intended as a reference for health professionals providing information to parents who are ... is an extensive bibliography. Reviewers include medical health officers, breastfeeding advocates, public health ...