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Letters / BY: Marylene Têtu, November 2008
... “ Listeriosis awareness among pregnant women and their health care providers in British Columbia” [BCMJ ...
Letters / BY: Michael Dettman, MD, November 2008
... been mentioned in discussions about deficiencies in our health care system, namely executive compensation. CEOs of ... decrease the salaries of semi-skilled public physicians, health care workers, cleaners, and supporting actors ...
ICBC / BY: Jay Loder, November 2008
... Commissioner of Canada, 60% of Canadians think that health information is one of the most important types of ... an exchange between the adjuster, family physician, other health care providers, the patient, and lawyers. Every time ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, November 2008
... ac­cord­ing to the program’s BCMA and Ministry of Health Services co-leads.  Consultants interviewed the ... changes in their practices with support from their local health authority PSP team, including FP and MOA program ... also seen as fostering a new spirit of collaboration among health system stakeholders. “This is a significant ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2008
... day another article or report is written about integrated health networks, family health centres, community-based wellness clinics, etc. I have ... place where people can meet with a number of different health professionals depending on their health care needs. A ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2008
“ Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions. But health literacy goes beyond the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC November 2008
... level. Numerous studies have investigated EMF exposure and health. Al­though earlier studies did suggest associations between exposure and a variety of health effects including brain cancer, breast cancer, ... finding. Studies investigating childhood leukemia as a health outcome of EMF exposure have used measured and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Anne R. Synnes, MDCM, FRCPC, MHSc, November 2008
... about survival should be provided by all members of the health care team. Even though survival rates of ex­tremely ... to NICU admissions.[ 5 ]  The BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre is the largest of three tertiary-level ... Registry as part of the British Columbia Perinatal Health Program (formerly the Reproductive Care Program). The ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Osman S. Ipsiroglu, MD, MAS, MBA, November 2008
... been implemented in any province. We believe that public health strategies need to be developed in collaboration with ... Hospital (BCCH), with the support of the Child and Youth Health Re­search Network (funded by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research) and the Child and Family Research Institute, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Susan Albersheim, MD, FRCPC, PhD, November 2008
... care, parental refusal of medical treatment pushes the health care team not to act. However, the more common scenario is when parents push the health care team to do “everything.” If there is no ... parental decision-making authority, how certain must the health care team be that treatment will result in survival ...