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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2013
... request was leaning against a No Smoking sign.  One of my health authority’s initiatives was to make all of their ... staff who smoke are forced to go elsewhere. I applaud this health-driven decision, but unfortunately it hasn’t quite ... safe injection sites, and needle exchanges. For the health of the non-smokers and care of our hospital, perhaps ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, March 2013
... care has emerged as a priority area for physicians and the health care system as a whole, reflected by developments such ... of the BC Medical Association and the Ministry of Health, added significantly to the resources for physicians ... in communicating their patient’s needs/wishes to other health care providers. In addition, more than three-quarters ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC March 2013
Health Canada intermittently issues advisories with a warning ... and Britain, banned the sale of kava-kava. Canada Health also issued a stop-sale order.[ 4 ] In 2005 Health Canada issued a warning on products containing ...
Letters / BY: Ken Dent, MD, March 2013
Health of the incarcerated is an important, complex problem [ ... surprised that this special issue didn’t address the health of all jailed in BC, both men and women! Health problems and their lack of diagnosis, treatment, and ...
Letters / BY: Shahzad Anwar, March 2013
... is a term pertaining to a person who seeks health-related information on the Internet.[ 1 ] These people ... 2 ] cyberchondriacs can create immense danger to their health by self-diagnosing serious diseases and initiating ... Khan Third-year medical students Dow University of Health, Pakistan Letters Risks of online self-diagnosing: ...
News March 2013
... Ontario receive better value for money from their public health care systems than other Canadians, concludes a new ... Index 2013 compares the per capita cost of provincial health care systems to the availability and quality of ... www.fraserinstitute.org . News BC middle of the road in health care value for money ...
News March 2013
... earlier versions of the form. Get the current form at www.health.gov.bc.ca/exforms/pharmacare/349fil.pdf . •    If ... system. You will need to provide the patient’s personal health number on the application form. Any community pharmacy ... formulary Please visit the Pharmacare website at www.health.gov.bc.ca/pharmacare/outgoing/palliative.html for ...
News March 2013
... according to a report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Report data show that fees and ...
News March 2013
... Columbians face a $415 billion tax bill for increased health care costs over the next 50 years to provide care for ... said in a report in January. The institute projects public health care spending will rise from 8% of GDP currently to ... To alleviate these costs the institute suggests converting health care from a pay-as-you-go plan to prefunding future ...
News March 2013
Three years after the 2010 earthquake, the Haitian health care system is still devastated. Doctors Without ... that struck Haiti in 2010—demonstrates the delays in the health system’s recovery. Haiti has experienced recurring ... free, 24-hour care. Although MSF’s goal is to hand over health care facility administration to the Ministry of Public ...