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Premise January/February 2007
... week of declining health, I gained enough insight to visit my local emergency room. I was poked, prodded, pronounced fit ... communication, diligence, and compassion. I do not wish my story to be one of blame. Ultimately, each of my ... outside your room before entering. Although admission to hospital can bring about many changes in patients, sudden ...
Obituaries / BY: Doris Kavanagh-Gray, MD January/February 2007
... and Toronto, after which he joined the St. Paul’s Hospital staff, filling the neurology position requested by ... to New York, where Ken studied at the Albert Einstein Hospital. He returned to VGH as neuropathologist and found ... one of us has his or her favorite memory. For me, it is my introduction to the humor of Kinky Friedman—the same ...
ICBC / BY: Martin Ray, MD, January/February 2007
... bodily injuries caused in motor vehicle crashes. In my first article I invited physicians to e-mail me at  ... care, rehabilitation services, medical equipment, and hospital care. Also available are income-loss benefits up to ... may facilitate the patient’s recovery through ICBC’s Hospital Discharge Program. An ICBC rehabilitation ...
Back Page / BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS January/February 2007
... well, one out of three isn’t so bad, I suppose. It’s my opinion that in the nose department the Almighty has ... farmyard, I can detect them all by their merest hint. In my olfactory bank I have stored a myriad of evocative whiffs, ... take only a nanosecond to complete. Then there is the hospital smell. This is a multifacetted formula which means ...
Letters / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP March 2007
... a primary care facility. For the most part, I really like my job. The worst part is the on-call, mostly because the ... room beds. His call came in after I had referred one of my patients, who had a fractured leg, to the Prince Rupert ... the emperor has no clothes. Health care bureaucrats and hospital administrators keep assuring the public that there ...
News / BY: Tara Lyon April 2007
Book reviews Vancouver General Hospital: 100 Years of Care and Service   by Donald Luxton. ... prepare for their final exams, I was taken back to my own days of writing science finals in huge rooms with ... was very impressive. The weak link in this exercise, from my point of view, was the lack of integration of family ...
Editorials April 2007
... was $85. If sick dishwashers were covered by medicare, my GP would get paid $64.56. In economic terms, doctors are ... there were 284 000 patients waiting over 6 months for hospital care in Britain. By 2006, there was none. In ... its emphasis to attracting and retaining physicians. Hospital beds and operating room time are not rationed. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pamela S. Lansky, MA, MEd, RCC, April 2007
... crying, Ann’s isolation at home, and her comment that “my daughter is bored with me.” She wondered whether Ann’s ... on the health of the dyadic relationship. Community- and hospital-based early intervention programs have had some ...
President's Comment / BY: Margaret MacDiarmid, MD, May 2007
... Darrell, and indirectly from Terry.  Then in February, my husband had an unexpected, life-threatening illness. We ... end of health care in a major way. Many of the 16 days my husband spent in hospital were inexpressibly difficult, but he is now safely ...
Obituaries May 2007
Hugh Miller, my long-time friend and associate, was a very special man. ... FRCSC in 1958. In the days when the Vancouver General Hospital Emergency Department was mostly run by house staff, ...