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ICBC / BY: Doug Harrington, July/August 2008
... the lawyer’s request that an MRI be obtained. The BC College of Physicians and Surgeons may have considered ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, July/August 2008
... Based Mental Health Initiative • Family Physicians for BC (FPs4BC) • Maternity Care for BC (MC4BC) Through the Practice Support Program, GPSC offers ... www.bcma.org  and for PSP, visit  www.practicesupport.bc.ca . —Liza Kallstrom Lead, Change Management and ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD July/August 2008
The recent sitting of the BC legislature resulted in numerous legislative changes that ... of the bill’s intents, but it is dampened by a lack of BC training programs and resources. The low fruit of the ... pertains to pharmacists’ prescribing, or as the BC College of Pharmacists prefers to call it, “adapting a ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD July/August 2008
... experiences at the annual ethics conference hosted by the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons here in Vancouver. As I ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, July/August 2008
... mental health problems.[ 3 ]  • Approximately 140000 BC children and youth are currently experiencing mental ... ] Mental health services provided to children and youth in BC are fragmented, largely due to the ministerial split of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... and inpatient mental health services are available in BC along with community health and social services, there ... is a new era. The last institution for adults with DD in BC was closed only 11 years ago. Community health services ... of prematurity, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.  BC has closed the institutions, but is still grappling with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... 84 patients with soft tissue sarcomas were referred to the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA). Considering there are 111 family ... 5 ] less than 1% of family practice physicians in BC will encoun­ter a malignant soft tissue sarcoma each ... some of the principles of management followed at the BC Cancer Agency and know about recent advances in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD, July/August 2008
... family physician at St. John’s Hos­pital in Vanderhoof, BC.  This 24- bed health care facility in central Bri­tish ... studies in the future.  Conclusions  In a central BC hospital, a well-trained rural family physician was able ... studied included patients in a rural area of central BC who underwent colonoscopy and/or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Catherine L. Weber, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... in your practice with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In BC, there are at least 145 000 people with an estimated ... collabor­ative approach to care for these pa­tients. The BC guidelines on CKD[ 4 ] provide detailed information for ... patients with CKD. Clinicians should refer to the official BC guidelines on CKD for more detailed information.[ 4 ] ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD September 2008
... apply: • You must register with WorkSafe­BC. • Once registered, you’re required to report your ... in the Lower Mainland or 1 888 922-2768 toll free within BC. —Peter Rothfels, MD Director of Clinical Services and  ...