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News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2010
... and regulatory structures can be put into place. As yet BC does not regulate PAs, although the government has ... fold. Where would PAs fit into the health care system in BC? A number of demonstration projects have shown that PAs ...
News / BY: Bakul Dalal, MD, June 2010
The Guidelines and Protocols Committee of BC (GPAC) considers feedback from BC physicians regarding the draft guideline documents before ...
News June 2010
The LACE campaign is a new initiative from the BC Cancer Agency designed to get young women talking about ... through surveys and focus testing of young women in BC, and is now being promoted by action teams in Vancouver ... are already going for STI testing. For more information on BC Cancer Agency Cervical Cancer Screening Program, please ...
News / BY: Barbara Cadario, BSc, BScPhm, MSc June 2010
... to prevent drug-related falls—has been launched by the BC Fall and Injury Prevention Coalition.  The guideline will ... and Injury Prevention Coalition is associated with the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit ( www.injuryresearch.bc.ca ) and the Centre of Excellence on Mobility, Fall ...
News June 2010
BC Transplant, an agency of the Provincial Health Services ... not yet become organ donors to learn more and register. In BC there are currently 333 people waiting for a solid organ ... One person could save the lives of up to seven people.  BC’s Organ Donor Registry was introduced in 1997 and ...
Obituaries / BY: J.L. Benedet, MD, FRCS, June 2010
... a strong link between community clinicians and the BC Cancer Agency, ensuring women received optimum, up-to-date ...
Obituaries / BY: Robert Hill, BMBCh June 2010
... in professional associations, becoming president of the BC Pediatric Society, president of the Can­adian Pediatric ... American Academy of Pediatrics and was president of the BC chapter of the Academy for many years. He served on many ... Foundation and a member of the Medical Legal Society of BC.  Mike was a first-class pediatrician, as well respected ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Andrew Montgomerie, June 2010
... the Vancouver area, call 604 231-8888; from elsewhere in BC, call toll free 1 888 967-5377. Training for MOAs and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Megan Isaac-Renton, BSc, July/August 2010
... An unexpected case of tularemia diagnosed in rural BC in October 2006 led to a review of reported cases in the ... 58-year-old male presented to a rural medical clinic in BC with an infected insect bite above his right knee. When he ... azithromy­cin, and the aspirated sample was sent to the BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Microbiology and ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2010
... I remember a negotiated contract where the doctors of BC were partially responsible for the global physician ...