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Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB January/February 2011
... mean money.” That was the cynical viewpoint of one of my early Canadian teachers. Nowadays a plumb­er bills $180 ... injury. A friend was recently hospitalized at a major BC hospital, suffering from a serious acute illness. Sadly, his ... the state of her husband.  Having spent many years of my professional life in teaching and training residents, I ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Clay Barber, January/February 2011
... required to help me figure out the best care plan for my patient right away.” The RACE program has allowed ... phone access, I would have been admitting more patients to hospital and doing more referrals,” adds McCracken.  With ...
Obituaries / BY: Doug Wilson, MD, January/February 2011
My father had a passion for the practice of medicine: the ... way he wanted to do it. Bob died peacefully in Peace Arch Hospital suffering with a cognitive/dementia condition after ... I had the honor of being a member of this society with my father and I know those evening of learning and discussion ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2011
... that individual. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about hospital privileges.  When I decided to set up my medical practice I applied for privileges at my local hospital. I filled out an application and met with ...
Editorials April 2011
... yet anyone walking the corridors of any reasonably sized hospital will pick up snippets of information that they ... these requests by saying that I did not have consent from my patients to share their information with a market research ... response, but didn’t get one, and can only assume that my e-mail address has been removed from another list (or ...
Clinical Articles May 2011
... ancestry were all facts that eluded me or were unknown in my student days. The use of mitochondrial evolution to trace ... the Adult Metabolic Diseases Clinic at Vancouver General Hospital and the Biochemical Diseases Clinic at BC Children’s Hospital introduce us to the manifestations as well as the ...
Letters / BY: John de Couto, MD, May 2011
... to explain or justify the fragmentation of care my patients experience, or the many tales of disrespect accorded my patients there—being shuttled about with little ... actively involved in trying to preserve better care: “Hospital administrations would be so happy and efficient ...
Letters / BY: Peter Uhlmann, MD, May 2011
... the right resident,”  BCMJ  2011;53:63-64 ].  My son was one of the lucky ones to match this year with his ... fortunate to complete a rotating internship at a county hospital in California. When I made my final choice to practice psychiatry, I had the internship ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2011
... vacationing, off the backs of others. The staff working on my trip labored very hard and very long—often for more than ... observation with the head housekeeper, who thanked me for my concern but said the words above. What a concept—first, ... moan and complain about my job. I resent going to the hospital where I pay to park, am required to be on call, ...
Obituaries / BY: James E Parker, MB June 2011
... April issue of the BCMJ has relevance to our spanking new hospital with its regional designation. The evolution from ... with the same enthusiasm and vigor as he had in Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, where I knew him.  As a pediatrician, it had been my job to attend at infant deliveries to stressed babies when ...