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News January/February 2009
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre has been designated a World Health Organization and ... and low bone density, as well as type 2 diabetes. News BC Women’s Hospital designated “baby friendly” ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carl Whiteside, MD, March 2009
... To address the medical human resource needs of rural BC, different strategies have been developed based on ... in order to maintain communication between the academic centre and the communities. During these visits, they meet ... along with the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (BC) to arrange a conference in a rural community each year. ...
MDs To Be / BY: Gavin Tansley, March 2009
... as the summer comes to a close, the UBC Life Sciences Centre buzzes to life in a frenzy of excitement. The same ... we were unified, not as students, but as members of the BC health care community. At the end of the day I felt like I ... confidently through those large glass doors as an emerging BC health care professional. I am as proud as every member of ...
News / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD March 2009
... Cambon, MD, CM. Vancouver, Vancouver Desktop Publishing Centre Ltd., 2008. ISBN 978-0-9694983-1-5. Paperback, 536 ... for an autobiography to over 600 female physicians in BC between 1999 and 2000. Approximately 160 re­­plies were ... few of the earliest ones are compiled from the archives of BC history. The stories are divided by decade from 1893 to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... no direction is given concerning proper use or storage. In BC, tap water principally originates from surface water. ... 3 ] Adverse water quality notification is mandatory. BC’s Drinking Water Protection Act requires municipalities ... Committee —Sophie Verhille, PhD National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Council on Health Promotion ...
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 and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, May 2009
... and system­ic problem. The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre Report Card ranked Canada 12th in its assessment of ... [ 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 ...
Obituaries / BY: Kenneth R. Thornton, MD, May 2009
... as the medical director at Cedars, a residential treatment centre in Cobble Hill, BC, where he was a staff physician. All of this was delivered ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD May 2009
The following article is reprinted from the September 2008 BC Medical Journal. Please note two important changes—both ... coverage, please contact the WorkSafeBC Employer Service Centre. You can reach a service representative from 8:30 a.m. ... in the Lower Mainland or 1 888 922-2768 toll free within BC. —Peter Rothfels, MD WorkSafeBC Director of Clinical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kyle D. Burns, MD, FRCPC, June 2009
... Paul’s Hospital, a tertiary care facility in Vancouver, BC. Thirty-eight patients were selected for the study. All ... reflects the awareness of delirium and its impact in our centre. The factors most strongly associated with delirium ... memory im­pairment and seizures. All patients at our centre who are considered to be at risk of withdrawal are put ...