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BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC
May 2011
... seized at its borders contains levamisole.[ 7 ] Public Health in BC continues to receive reports of agranulocytosis ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC
May 2011
This article is the opinion of the Council on Health Promotion and has not been peer reviewed by the BCMJ ... regulates RF in this country. For protection of human health from adverse effects of RF exposure, Industry Canada has adopted Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 (revised 2009), which sets ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
May 2011
... than ever. The boomers are going to consume more health care services as they age and demand ever-increasing ... penalty on the rich? Is the answer to expand the private health care sector to relieve the strain on the public ... insurance premiums are already based on a number of health risk factors, so perhaps we could use some of these. ...
Editorials /
BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD
May 2011
... are human and must ensure our mental and physical health to be able to competently care for our patients. ... are overburdened as a result of changes in hospital or health administration policy. Examples would include changes ... fact not lost to the bargaining strategy of hospitals and health authorities. Holding patients hostage in these ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Brian Evoy, PhD,
May 2011
... in terms of its geographic composition, its population and health care needs, as well as its individual family physician ... him and his fellow doctors access to the Ministry of Health and the GPSC that was not previously available to ...
Letters /
BY: Andrew Seal, MS, FRCSC,
May 2011
... communities and overseas where they have provided global health leadership in many developing countries. This ... ever of their importance in ensuring the future of our health care system and, like the dedicated residents they ...
News
May 2011
... program provides clients with support to access social and health care services, HIV/AIDS information, referral, ...
News
May 2011
... decreasing, according to new figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to new WHO estimates, 39 ...
News
May 2011
... Mary Conley of Victoria, BC, has won the 2011 Reproductive Health Award from the Federation of Medical Women of Canada ( ... career she continued to teach contraception and women’s health to the medical staff and community groups. In the ... husband in Victoria, BC. News Conley wins reproductive health award ...