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Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2013
... emergency department physician to be president of the BC Medical Association. After graduating from UBC and then ... Can you tell us a bit about him? My dad was one of those doctors whose story makes you say, “Wow, what a ... also did many dozens of medical evacuations to Alberta and BC, and some to the USA and Europe. When I moved to Duncan in ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB October 2013
... have insider knowledge of whom we perceive to be the best doctors. Not everyone has that knowledge and, even if they ... and similar issues will be placed before a judge of the BC Supreme Court. Such arguments will be heard in the context ...
News&Notes / BY: Graham White, MD, October 2013
... system requires a large element of trust that doctors will bill appropriately for their services. Audits by ... indicate that this trust is usually well founded. Very few doctors bill inappropriately; fewer yet, fraudulently.  The ... to make an order for recovery. Orders are filed with the BC Supreme Court. Physicians have access to support from the ...
Obituaries / BY: Archie D. Young, MD, October 2013
... was financed largely by Captain J.C. Dun-waters of Fintry, BC, himself a lover of the Ayrshire cow. Learning about hard ... and eventually expanding to a group practice of five doctors.  The benefits of a group practice allowed Drew the ... contribution to health care by a family physician in BC. •    2000: Senior membership in the CMA. •    ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) October 2013
... the motions (20%) brought forth to GC this year came from BC. And I’m even more pleased to report that 16 of the ... to name a few. The scope of these motions highlights BC doctors’ progressive thinking, demonstrates their depth ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Vera Frinton, MD October 2013
... Hematology. Shelly was the first clinical hematologist in BC and sat on the first Canadian examining board for clinical ... up the proposal for the bone marrow transplant program of BC, and the first transplant was done in 1980.  Shelly ... have taught innumerable learners who, no doubt, are better doctors and health care workers because of them.  Physician ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Chelsea Haines, RN, BScN, November 2013
... is a collaborative project of the Ministry of Health, BC Centre for Disease Control, regional health authorities, ... and the public, along with tools to make it easier for BC families to get immunized.  British Columbians rely on ... in the health professionals’ section.  At ImmunizeBC, doctors can find:  •    The current BC immunization ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD November 2013
... to increase with every provincial budget. If we in BC manage patients in an empathetic, elegant, and slightly ... the legislature feels compelled to limit the action of doctors in arbitrary and unhelpful ways. —Robert Shepherd, ...
News November 2013
... of their fellow citizens in the province. This year three BC physicians were presented with the honor: Drs Finley ... Columbia and establishing the Breast Health Fellowship at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre.  Dr Gordon has ... on receiving the Order of British Columbia. News Three BC doctors receive Order of British Columbia ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) November 2013
... 90%—especially among family physicians.  However, the BC story is quite different from the national one. BC physicians have adoption rates close to 80%, and will ... it be great if all emergency departments provided family doctors with the patient’s typed emergency record the very ...