Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
April 2013
... in a few communities the program went province-wide 1 April. Funding is available for family physicians to ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Bill Cavers, MD
April 2013
... to as “A GP for Me.” Funding will be available as of 1 April on two levels: to divisions of family practice to ...
Letters /
BY: Ralph Jones, MD
April 2013
... issue [ Rebooting the BCMA. BCMJ 2013;55(1):10 ]. In their letters, Dr Busser and Dr Webb are asking ...
Letters /
BY: Robert G. Holmes, MD
April 2013
... 2 to 3 hours from Vancouver where one GP grosses over $1 million annually. It adequately describes Merritt and the ...
News
April 2013
... in the new fiscal year, projected to drop to less than 1.0% in the two subsequent years. Starting 1 January 2014, MSP premiums will increase 4%, meaning ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Kenmau Chow, MD,
April 2013
... are a family physician, you may already be aware that on 1 July 2012 WorkSafeBC expanded its coverage for mental ... contact a MHCU nurse advisor at 604 214-5422 or toll free 1 888 967-5377, local 5422. You may also make this request on ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jiao Yang, MD, FRCPC,
May 2013
... thickening in keeping with pulmonary sarcoidosis ( Figure 1 ). She also demonstrated slight enlargement of right ... have overt clinical evidence of cardiac involvement,[ 1 ] such as heart failure, conduction defects, or ... prednisone and evaluating the patient’s response after 1 to 3 months. Among responders, prednisone should be slowly ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bruce Fleming, MD
May 2013
... have gained professional experience and made connections.[ 1-3 ] During recent years, undergraduate medical students ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Richard T. Lester, MD,
May 2013
... infectious if determined to be contracted within 1 year by comparing to a previous test or recent risk ... by the BCMJ Editorial Board. Suggested reading 1. Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian Guidelines ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
May 2013
... cost-effective health interventions in modern medicine.[ 1 ] It is estimated that immunizations have saved more ... lives over the last 50 years than any other health program.1 Vaccines are credited with reducing the death rate from ...