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Editorials / BY: Robert D. Levy, MD, FRCPC April 2008
... pulmonary disease (COPD) with articles describing COPD in BC and Canada, pharmacological ap­proaches to patients with ... strategies that will help reduce the burden of COPD in BC and elsewhere.  —Don D. Sin, MD, MPH, FRCPC Associate ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG April 2008
... And since the BCMJ is a journal produced by the doctors of BC for the doctors of BC, the lighter side of practice is reflected in whimsical ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM April 2008
... is a potentially fatal infection that physicians in BC should consider in febrile, returning travelers. ... disease. Malaria is a reportable communicable disease in BC and both physicians and laboratories are reminded to ... Wong, BSc  —Judith L. Isaac-Renton, MD, DPH, FRCPC BC Centre for Disease Control Laboratory Services, PHSA ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephan F. van Eeden, MD, PhD, FRCP, April 2008
... is unsuccessful.   Table 2  shows programs available in BC.  Pulmonary rehabilitation Pulmonary rehabilitation, a ... rehabilitation, only a small fraction of Canadian and BC patients qualifying for pulmonary rehabilitation have ...  lists pulmonary rehabilitation programs available across BC. Education and self-management Education and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD May 2008
... into action. Visit  www.60summits.org  for more details. BC Summit The BC Summit, to be held in Vancouver in late 2008, will be the ... disability in the private and public sectors of BC. The effort is aligned with the philosophy of the ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, May 2008
... no different.  In my 18 years of being involved with the BC Medical Association, only a handful of AGMs have been well ... best example was the 1980 AGM held in Penticton when the BC government introduced legislation to ban “balance ... year’s AGM will be held at the University of Northern BC (UNBC) in Prince George on 7 June. Known as BC’s ...
Obituaries / BY: Eileen Cambon, MD, May 2008
... in New York on 12 December 1951, and reached Victoria, BC, on Boxing Day.  As foreign graduates they were required ...
News May 2008
... Wipe Out was produced by the Knowledge Network of BC, and will air on Knowledge Network on 9 June 2008. If ...
News / BY: Todd Sorokan, MD, May 2008
... ; BCCDC,  www.bccdc.org/content.php?item=193 ). The BC Pediatric Society (BCPS) feels we can help with the practical application of this information. BC children should have the best in immunization practice ... see the “Vaccines fact sheet” below, review the  BC immunization schedule , and read our suggestions on how to ...
News / BY: John McCracken, MD May 2008
... (OSMV), in partnership with the BCMA, is revising the BC Guide for Physicians in Determi­ning Fitness to Drive a ...