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Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... nail in the coffin of scientific, Hippocratic medicine in BC  [BCMJ 2009;51(1):6] . It is obvious that the government ... even further and the quality of medical treatment in BC will be watered down and patients put at risk. As a ...
MDs To Be / BY: Tung Siu, MD, CCFP, ACBOM April 2009
... Columbia is home to a culturally diverse population. In BC, 24.5% of the population belongs to a visible minority. ... speak a non-English language at home. Furthermore, 3.1% of BC’s population reports that they have no knowledge of ... A similar percentage of UBC medical students and BC’s population speak a non-English first language. ...
News April 2009
... contact Mr Vince Lee at 604 638-2838 or e-mail  vlee@bcma.bc.ca . News BCMA scholarships ...
News / BY: John McCracken, MD April 2009
... (OSMV), in partnership with the BCMA, is revising the BC Guide for Physicians in Determining Fitness to Drive a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2009
... best practices and supply distribution are guided by the BC Harm Reduction Strategies and Services (HRSS) committee. It is composed of representatives from the five BC regional health authorities, BC Centre for Disease Control, BC Ministry of Healthy Living ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, May 2009
... [ 2 ] • The proportion of children living in poverty in BC in 2006 was 21.9%, well above the national poverty rate of 15.8%. • BC’s Aboriginal children under the age of 6 living ... a poverty rate of 40% in 2005. • The poverty rate for BC children living in families headed by lone-parent mothers ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, May 2009
... experience challenges with the current situation in BC. As an example, most mental health patients have more than ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, May 2009
... for further information. ICBC provided funding for the BC Whiplash Initiative, a multi-agency project on WAD. As a ... access the syllabus at www.health-sciences.ubc.ca/whiplash.bc . The syllabus is available but the web site is no longer ... information. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Library is an excellent source of further articles and ...
Letters / BY: Judi Vriend Matthews, May 2009
... that happened to my dad, and he suggested I write to the BC Medical Journal about the situation. My dad was a senior ...
Letters / BY: Nigel J. Murray, MD, May 2009
... to train physicians who would then relocate to BC. In today’s global shortage this is no longer a reliable ... deficit and meet the projected need for physicians in BC. Fraser Health alone will require an additional 600 ... Ward, MD Executive Medical Director, Fraser Health Letters BC needs another medical school ...