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News January/February 2012
... communities in British Columbia have been chosen by Pain BC for a pilot project that will support the development of ... communities were select­ed by nonprofit organization Pain BC based on the criteria of readiness, interest from key ... visit  www.painbc.ca . News Pain clinics in four BC communities ...
News / BY: Sinden Luciuk, January/February 2012
... advisor at 1 800 665-2262, or e-mail  jkwan@bcma.bc.ca  or iwoojohn@bcma.bc.ca . More information is also available on the BCMA ...
News January/February 2012
... contact Ms Lorie Jan­zen by e-mail at  ljanzen@bcma.bc.ca  or by phone at 604 736-5551 in Vancouver or toll free ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, January/February 2012
... we released a policy paper, “Enhancing Surgical Care in BC: Improving Perioperative Quality, Efficiency, and ... Based on the BCMA’s 2009 policy paper on addiction, BC became the first jurisdiction in Canada to treat addiction ... Every Day, developed to increase the activity levels of BC school children.  I am looking forward to 2012. Based on ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Allan Seckel, BA(Hon), LLB, LLM, January/February 2012
Mr Seckel is CEO of the BC Medical Association.  See the feature interview beginning ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... 1% were adenovirus.[ 7 ]  During similar time periods, BC Children’s Hospital virology section reported ... of respiratory infection at a community clinic in Surrey, BC. Patient requests for antibiotics were found to be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2012
... of colorectal cancer is stable, the overall incidence in BC will continue to increase as a result of an increased ... test would have been the most effective?  Vernon, BC, is a mid-sized city with a mid-sized regional hospital ... offers a unique glimpse into the future of health care in BC. In 2006 Vernon’s 65 and older population was 22%, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Horn, BA, March 2012
... a partnership between the Ministry of Health and the BC Medical Association, has developed a Practice Support ... and Monitoring Tool developed by clinical researchers at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Mental Health and Addiction Services.  Monitoring begins ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Travis Hottes, MSc, March 2012
... gonorrhoeae  due to drug resistance.[ 1 ] Data from BC and elsewhere globally now warn against further impending ... of cepha­losporin resistance have been documented in BC as of January 2012, we have an opportunity to stave off ... of gonorrhea due to established tetracycline resistance in BC.[ 2 ] In order to aid the management of individual ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS March 2012
... the Library of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC and has not been peer reviewed by the  BCMJ  Editorial ...