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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... countries.[ 4 ] In 2008, there were 395 road fatalities in BC. Of these, 152 (38.5%) were alcohol related.[ 2 ] The BC road fatality rate in 2009 (8.1 per 100000 people), was ... effects of impaired driving legislation.[ 14 ] The BC government recently amended the Motor Vehicle Act to ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Cathy Clelland, MD March 2012
... include the new legal status of advance directives in BC, are a reminder to both patients and physicians of the ... Care Treatment) available to the public at www.health.gov.bc.ca/hcc/advance-care-planning.html to assist patients and ...
Letters / BY: Devon Christie, MD, March 2012
... are overwhelmingly evidence-based. Dr Oppel [Cash-strapped BC government has money to burn  BCMJ 2011;53:547 ] made no ... InspireHealth employs a PhD librarian (formerly of the BC Cancer Agency) who reviews the literature weekly and ... and harm analysis when considering interventions. The BC government has demonstrated interest in supporting ...
News March 2012
... the next 25 years, the BCMA has submitted a report to the BC government’s Select Standing Committee on Health titled ...
News March 2012
... health care. The award consists of a $2000 do­nation to a BC charity of the winner’s choice, as well as a gold medal. ... the CEO of the BCMA at 115-1665 West Broadway, Vancouver BC, V6J 5A4, or e-mail  CEO@bcma.bc.ca . Nominations submitted electronically will be ...
News March 2012
... we felt the need to recognize that approximately 30% of BC’s practising physicians are not, in fact, guys. ... than 2000 words, and can be submitted to  journal@bcma.bc.ca . News Good Guys column becomes The Good Doctor ...
News March 2012
... the Shared Care Committee (a joint committee of the BC Ministry of Health and the BC Medical Association) and Providence Health Care in ...
News March 2012
The BC Patient Safety and Quality Council requests the participation of BC physicians in the National Surgical Quality Improvement ... development of goals and quality improvement activities in BC’s surgical programs.  Visit  www.bcpsqc.ca  for more ...
Obituaries / BY: M. VanAndel, MD March 2012
... exams, leading to licensure for independent practice in BC in July of 1967. After a year or two of association in ... and the Fraser Valley as a member on the Council of the BC College of Phy­sicians and Surgeons. He continued in that ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Cathy Clelland, MD March 2012
... greatest achievement? Advocating for family medicine in BC. Who are your heroes? Barbara Starfield, my mom, and my ...