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News November 2012
... Centre for Clinical Diagnostic Genomics at the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) has begun using new DNA ... The project was funded by Genome BC and the Provincial Health Services Authority, with each contributing $200 000 ...
News November 2012
... and two children will pay about $11 400 in taxes for health care in­surance in 2012, according to a new report ... Institute. The report, entitled “The Price of Public Health Care Insurance: 2012 Edition,” calculates the amount ... percentage of the total tax bill that goes toward public health care insurance. The report notes that since 2002 the ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD November 2012
... the Okanagan, and Kamloops—areas cov­ered by Interior Health. When you read this I will have also traveled to the ... Association, the relationship physicians have with their health authority, the resources available for patient care, ... frustrating relationship some of you may have with your health authority, and the shortage of acute care beds ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Florkowski, PhD, MEd, ATC, CSCS, CEAS, CFCE, November 2012
... MEd, ATC, CSCS, CEAS, CFCE WorkSafeBC Program Manager, Health Care Services, Visiting Specialists Clinic —Robert ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alison Granger-Brown, MA, December 2012
Correctional institutions in BC offer a variety of health and education programs for wo­men, including drug and ... liaison services. Incarcerated women also have access to health care professionals, including nurses, doctors, ... psychologists, and psychiatrists[ 1 , 2 ] The World Health Organization mandates that incarcerated individuals ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert Strang MD, FRCPC December 2012
Prison health care in Nova Scotia By Robert Strang   Nova Scotia ... and one youth).  At that time, the dep­uty ministers for health and justice agreed that the Ministry of Justice would ... correctional facilities, and that the Ministry of Health, through the Capital District Health Authority (CDHA), ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH December 2012
... articles, beginning with “The scope of the problem: the health of incarcerated women in BC.” This article provides an overview of the correctional system, the health problems faced by incarcerated women, and the connection between health and recidivism.  The second article, “Collaborative ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH December 2012
... door scenario contributes to the problem of unmet health care needs for women, both outside and inside of prison.  Demographic characteristics and health status of incarcerated women Throughout the world ... people.[ 8 ] The guiding principles of the 2003 World Health Organization (WHO) Moscow declaration states that ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2012
... or hazardous levels of smoke.[ 1 ] BCCDC Environmental Health Services (EHS) is developing research, surveillance, and guidelines to support a coordinated health response by physicians, public health practitioners, and emergency managers. Research There ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2012
... First, do no harm. —Lloyd Oppel, MD, Chair, Council on Health Promotion Council on Health Promotion Getting the flu shot: Protecting ourselves ...