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News September 2009
... editorial  (Stuart) •  Medical school expansion in BC  (Bates) •  Maldistribution of physicians in BC  (Snadden and Casiro) •  Medical school distribution ...
News September 2009
... article on any medicine-related topic submitted to the BC Medical Journal by a medical student in British ... 1924, remaining at the helm until 1959, when it became the BC Medical Journal. He was editor of the BCMJ until he ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD September 2009
... paper, Stepping Forward: Improving Addictions Care in BC, highlighting the gap in addictions care and making a ... our salt consumption. • Been at the forefront of BC public affairs pushing for a ban on all cellphone use ... driving.  COHP’s cellphone and driving submission to BC’s Solicitor General, Time to Hang Up, was cited as “a ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Craig Martin, MD, September 2009
... Workers in the fin-fish and seafood harvest industries in BC must wear personal protective equipment to prevent toxic-spine puncture injuries. In BC waters the sharp spines of dogfish, ratfish, rockfish, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Howard N. Fenster, MD, FRCSC, October 2009
... 2007, my colleagues and I published an article in the  BC Medical Journal  about the various complications noted by ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephen Wheeler, MD October 2009
... the danger they pose to themselves and the crew. Most of BC’s population is located in the southwest corner of the ... ground transport time for stable patients going from rural BC to tertiary medical care is expected to be longer than 5 ... are too agitated to be put on an aircraft. However, BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) flight crews have responded ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD October 2009
... a copy is also sent to public health authorities, which in BC is the BCCDC. This form indicates a requirement to report ... people at increased risk of developing active disease. In BC, approximately 1800 people are referred for postlanding ... decline, a point often forgotten and largely unexplained. BC Centre for Disease Control Immigration medicals: What’s ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP October 2009
... for our patients can be obtained through the WALK BC program as part of the Healthy Living Alliance Physical Activity strategy for BC (bchealthyliving.ca). I am not a particular supporter of ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, October 2009
... efforts to support full-service family practice in BC. Since its inception in 2002, the joint BCMA-MOHS ... Chronic disease management   Hundreds of thousands more BC patients with diabetes, congestive heart failure, and ... by the Ministry of Health Services, BCMA, and IMPACT BC to provide family physicians and medical office assistants ...
Letters / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC October 2009
... MSc Influenza & Emerging Respiratory Pathogens Team BC Centre for Disease Control Letters BCCDC responds ...