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Letters / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD November 2010
... is by the recognized indications contained in the Health Canada Form B1 and palliative situations. Ms Capler ... I won’t prescribe. And that is my right.  Just because Health Canada has created “medical marijuana” as an ...
Letters / BY: Rielle Capler, MHA, November 2010
While Health Canada has delegated responsibility to physicians to ... use of this medicine, or even discussing this legitimate health option. This deeply affects the doctor-patient ...
News / BY: Michael Schachter, MD, November 2010
... with specialist colleagues. The BCMA and Ministry of Health Services have highlighted the importance of effective ... Strategic alignment of compensation with point-of-care health care processes provides appropriate in­centives to ...  shows the projected CKD prevalence figures for BC by health authority. While the projected total out­patient ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) November 2010
... considerations for individuals, but are also major public health concerns.  Visitor numbers are expected to be very ...
News November 2010
... 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 November 2010
... legislative and other political activities in support of health care. The award will consist of a $2000 donation to a ...
News November 2010
... December 2010 three additional fields will be added to all Health Authority OR booking forms—two of those fields will ... condition/diagnosis code from the list provided by their health authority and enter it on their existing OR booking ... Because these changes are being incorporated into your health authority’s OR booking form, there will be no fee ...
News November 2010
Health Education Solutions, an American continuing medical ... courses. The 10-article special section is free for health care providers, first responders, and individuals who ... Mimics,” and “The Seven D’s of Stroke Survival.” Health Education Solutions provides the cognitive portions of ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD November 2010
... or functional impairments that oblige a physician or other health professional to report.  Doctors can feel ... use SIMARD-MD, a brief pencil-and- paper test, to assist health care pro­viders in rapid screening of patients. This ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP November 2010
... and spackling.  In the past 40 years, as adverse health effects were recognized, the use of asbestos in Canada ...