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Clinical Articles / BY: Stephen Wheeler, MD October 2009
... less subject to turbulence. Summary Physicians and other health professionals in British Columbia who provide care to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD October 2009
... immigrants from many parts of the world. In 2006 the World Health Organization reported that 83% of all tuberculosis ... eventually arrive, of whom 6000 applicants are referred to health authorities across the country for postlanding medical ... exclude those deemed to represent excessive demand on the health care system upon arrival. It is not designed to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP October 2009
... who smoke that the best thing they can do for their health is to quit smoking. Based on this evidence, we can now also tell them they will equally improve their health by adopting a physically active lifestyle. Thus, the evidence is in! For the sake of our health, we  must  be physically active and we  must ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, October 2009
... tabled its seventh annual report with the Ministry of Health Services (MOHS) last month, highlighting many ... for physicians. “Family doctors are the backbone of our health system,” Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon commented when ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, October 2009
... Act there is no provision for private MRIs, alternative health care remedies, hot tubs, and so forth, no matter how ...
Letters / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC October 2009
... ] European Centre for Disease Control,[ 6 ] and the World Health Organization[ 7 ] each currently cite an incubation ... up to 4 days is a more likely range. The Public Health Agency of Canada also initially advised of a 1- to-7 ...
Letters / BY: Blanka Jurenka, MD, October 2009
... within the previous 7 days, expert and supportive health care and the option of forensic evidence collection is ... referral required. We also offer support and resources to health care providers. For non-urgent information, including ... MD  Medical Director, Sexual Assault Service BC Women’s Health Centre Letters Sexual Assault Service ...
News October 2009
... courage or the endurance of hardship in the promotion of health or the saving of life; or advancing the humanitarian ... to the advancement of medical research, medical education, health care organization, or health education of the public; service to the people of ...
News October 2009
... can direct the disclosure of their provincial electronic health record (EHR) through a system using a keyword. When the patient gives the keyword to a health professional, the patient is giving permission to that person to access their records on a temporary basis. Health providers in emergency, diagnostic, and transfer of ...
News October 2009
... received the Order of BC in Victoria. Geneticist and health researcher  Dr Michael Hayden  has made outstanding ...