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Clinical Articles /
BY: Carolyn Gotay, PhD,
April 2012
... breast cancer risk do not reflect their actual risk. A BC-based study of 761 women found that women’s ratings of ... a grant from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon, to the University of British Columbia (Carolyn ... Gotay, principal investigator). The clinic is located at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre in Vancouver. The ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC
April 2012
... is a reportable communicable disease in BC. In 2008 BCCDC mailed surveys to all physicians in the ... survey gives insight into physician treatment of LD in BC. In general, physicians have a low threshold for treating ... and Alecia Kallos. This article is the opinion of the BC Centre for Disease Control and has not been peer reviewed ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
April 2012
... www.familyservices.bc.ca/professionals-a-educators/jessies-legacy ... With special thanks to Kimberley Korf-Uzan, BSc, MPH, BC Mental Health and Addiction Services. This article is the ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
April 2012
... Criminal cases are heard in the Supreme Court of BC and there are approximately 1500 new criminal trials per year in BC. While this seems like a lot it pales in comparison to the ... institution we interact with as physicians is WorkSafeBC. Dealing with workers’ injuries requires fewer ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Liza Kallstrom,
April 2012
... moderate depression and anxiety. Most family physicians in BC have limited training in the field of mental health care, ...
Letters
April 2012
... 2012 issue we made two errors in the Pulsimeter item “BC first: Hemodialysis” ( BCMJ 2012;54:44 ). First, we ... the corrected version online at www.bcmj.org/pulsimeter/bc-first-hemodialysis . We apologize to Dr Angus Rae for the ...
Letters /
BY: Hal D. Gunn, MD,
April 2012
... nature of InspireHealth and its programs [Cash-strapped BC government has money to burn. BCMJ 2011;53:547 ]. ... on staff, both of whom were researchers at the BC Cancer Research Centre. Review of all InspireHealth ... significantly longer survival compared with standard BC survival statistics. These studies were not randomized ...
News
April 2012
... and community service. Dr Christilaw is president of BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, and is a well-known ... more than 25 years of commitment to women’s health in BC, Canada, and globally. Visit Dr Christlaw’s alumni ...
News
April 2012
... contact: Lorie Lynch, PLP Administrator; toll free in BC: 1 800 665-2262 ext 2882; direct: 604 638-2882; e-mail: llynch@bcma.bc.ca . News Reminder: BCMA Parental Leave Program ...