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Obituaries / BY: John O’Brien-Bell, MB September 2013
... Vancouver always had an open door.  In her early 70s her health began to fail, and to her great sadness she was forced ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) September 2013
... of our relationship with patients, one another, and other health care providers. Un­fortunately, there is a general ... specific areas for improvement. Stakeholders included health authorities, the CMA and other physician groups, CMPA, ... medical practice. By improving professional relationships, health care professionals are better able meet the challenges ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC September 2013
... retired director of the disaster division of the World Health Organization. What is your favorite activity? Walking ... you most anticipate? Personalized medicine linked with e-health to resolve the debate of “nature versus nurture.” ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Gordon Hoag, MD September 2013
... innovative initiative funded by the joint BCMA/Ministry of Health Shared Care Committee is improving access to ... of a suite of Shared Care initiatives that aim to improve health outcomes and the patient journey through the health care system by improving coordination of care between ...
Back Page / BY: Ralph Jones, MD October 2013
... constantly reminded that they are part of the problem in health care, not the solution. What happened to my idealistic ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM October 2013
... It was used in a pilot project in Vancouver Coastal Health in 2012/13 with favorable acceptance by children, ... and immunizers. According to Dr Meena Dawar, medical health officer with Vancouver Coastal Health, use of FluMist in the pilot project resulted in less ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David F. Smith, MD, October 2013
... seniors reaching this age milestone will have identified health problems that could affect their driving ability, in ... negative effect on the doctor-patient relationship. When a health problem that could limit driving ability is identified ... This could lead the patient to a walk-in clinic, where health issues are more likely to remain unidentified because ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB October 2013
... Huxley For many of our professional associations, health care transformation translates into more government ... of course, correlate with equal. Equitable availability of health care introduces the concept of fairness and thereby ... It raises ethical questions relating to lifestyle-induced health problems (for example, smoking, alcohol, drugs, ...
Letters / BY: Barend Grobbelaar, MD, October 2013
... gaps in their communities and creating sustainable quality health care for all. This is a tall order at this level of ...
Letters / BY: Shelley Ross, MD October 2013
... Committee (GPSC) and its funding partners, the Ministry of Health and BCMA, are working collaboratively on comprehensive ... in isolation. It will build on home, maternity, and mental health integration efforts; funding to improve capacity in ... division of family practice have begun working with their health authorities and community partners on attachment-like ...