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Letters / BY: Michael A. Ross, MD, FRCSC June 2009
... our costs and reimbursements to the realities of other health professionals. Cost-of-living clauses do not mirror ... its members and the community in this matter. On issues of health such as seatbelts, bicycle helmets, and smoking, the ...
Letters / BY: N.P. Blair, MD, June 2009
... the electronic surgical booking form required by our health authority. I would discourage any surgical specialist ...
Letters / BY: Ivor McMahen, MD, June 2009
... could be a long time coming. I practise in the Interior Health Authority, which means that in my community the ... life is to serve the needs of the patients and frontline health care providers, not, as it too often seems, the other ...
News / BY: Mohsin Rashid, MBBS, FRCPC, June 2009
... is present in the diet. Awareness of celiac disease among health professionals remains poor.[ 1,2 ] The mean delay in ...
Obituaries / BY: Larry Barzelai, MD, June 2009
... joined us in a glass of wine as we wished each other good health. Near the end, when he had become more frail, he ...
Premise / BY: Alexandra Tcheremenska-Greenhill, MD, June 2009
... concepts such as rationing, wait list management, health human resource crisis, strategic planning, or return ... standing of their loved ones regardless of age and general health. • Lister’s antisepsis techniques were slowly ... became possible, diseases were reclassified, and public health was prioritized. Patients were listened to and were ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD June 2009
... issues that I would like to highlight--the incredible health toll of smoking in our current population and the ... destruction that if unchecked will diminish the health of future generations. We have organic vegetables, ... are committed to reducing, reusing, and recycling. Within health care there have been efforts by many groups to enhance ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, PhD July/August 2009
... is in­creasingly recognized as an essential aspect of health care reform. Indeed, the U.S. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies recommends that health care professionals develop and maintain proficiency in ... recommends using technology information as a core area for health professionals.[ 9 ] Topics of interest in technology ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tarek Khalil, MPH, MD, MCFP, July/August 2009
... leads and sometimes the patient leads. Outcome In health care today, we are very aware of measurements and ... ex­aminations offered by the Centre for the Evaluation of Health Professionals Educated Abroad (CEHPEA) in Ontario ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gregory D. Deans, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2009
... seasonal influenza vaccination is still important for health care providers and people in high-risk groups because ...