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News&Notes June 2008
... province.  When medical care insurance was established in BC (initially on an entirely private insurer basis), the ... medical care insurance was initially established in BC in 1965 for those citizens who were not covered by private ... in 1968 when medicare became universally available in BC.  British Columbia was the first jurisdiction in North ...
News June 2008
The Legislative Assembly of BC was extremely active in April. Many of the legislative ... of health related political news items and events from BC and across the country, the report covers political ...
News / BY: John McCracken, MD June 2008
... (OSMV), in partnership with the BCMA, is revising the BC Guide for Physicians in Determining Fitness to Drive a ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS June 2008
... Cory St. Jean, 604 638-2865. Our toll-free number within BC is 800 665-2262, extension 2818 or 2865. News Extended ...
Letters / BY: James M. Wright, MD, PhD, FRCPC June 2008
... Therapeutics Letter is made possible by a grant from the BC Ministry of Health. Letter 68 was sent for expert review ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD June 2008
... to find out about issues affecting medical practice in BC. There is really something for everyone in each issue. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC June 2008
... Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles (OSMV).  BC’s Motor Vehicle Act requires that health professionals ... were continuing to drive in spite my advice.  In 2005, BC introduced a remedial program that all criminally ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM June 2008
... curable precancerous cervical abnormalities. Each year in BC over half a million women get a Pap smear, and over 5000 ... by about 70%. Pap smears save lives. But each year in BC about 40 to 50 women die from invasive cervical cancer and ... of parents intended to vaccinate their daughters; 63% in BC.[ 5 ] The family doctor will influence the decision for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Navid Dehghani, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... the divisions of emergency medicine and otolaryngology at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) treated two patients who had ... Clinical Articles Ingested foreign bodies in children: BC Children’s Hospital emergency room protocol ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... as many as 1.5 million people, or up to one-third of the BC population, who require aggressive lifestyle and pharmacologic intervention. Expanding the CDM program BC physicians must become leaders in risk stratification and ... should be added to the CDM program established by the BC Ministry of Health and the British Columbia Medical ...