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Clinical Articles / BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC January/February 2010
... Code of Ethics read as follows: 31. Protect the personal health information of your patients. 35. Disclose your patients’ personal health information to third parties only with their consent, ... Defence Lawyers,” that “when a person puts his or her health in issue in litigation, there is an implied waiver of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sue L. Pollock, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2010
Our health is inextricably link­ed to our environment through ... and immunocompromised individuals live in the home. Other health concerns include allergens and trauma. For the primary ... they are pet owners, and periodically ask about the health of their pets. If a patient has an unusual clinical ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, January/February 2010
... of primary care practitioners, and the paucity of mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, to assist in ... if untreated. • Taking into account the direct health, education, and justice-related costs associated with ... Nanaimo Co-Medical Director, Child, Youth, and Family Health, VIHA —Rex Bowering, MD, FRCPC Child and Youth ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD January/February 2010
... that my youth is passing. I am fortunate that my overall health is intact and I have good genetics on my side. I am ... 80% of the pop­ulation 65 years or over have chron­ic health conditions that require ongoing expensive treatment ... figure of 1 in 10.  The national costs of providing health care will increase dramatically and at the same time ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2010
... think money spent on the Olympics is benefiting the health of our population. I have heard the many arguments for ... benefit is that a healthier population will likely reduce health care costs as the incidence rates of diabetes, heart ...
Letters / BY: R. Brar, MD January/February 2010
... to force the province to allow expansion of for-profit health care delivery and insurance. Dr Day’s enterprises ...
News January/February 2010
... has submitted a copy of this report to the minister of health and minister of finance, and will be seeking offsets ...
News January/February 2010
... around the globe have formed the International Climate and Health Council, an international organization and part of a ... sponsored by the British Medical Journal, is to mobilize health professionals across the world to take action to limit climate change. Any health professional and any health or health care ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) January/February 2010
... existence of the medical specialty of pharmacology, as the health profession most knowledgable about drugs, they lobbied ... in the next 2 months. —Lloyd Oppel, MD Chair, Council on Health Promotion News Drug-dispensing machines ...
News January/February 2010
... of this joint committee of the BCMA and the BC Ministry of Health Services.  Visit  www.gpscbc.ca  to learn more ...