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Obituaries / BY: Wendy Sutton, November 2014
... at the Aga Khan University in Karachi and then dean of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, where he was the ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD November 2014
... and not the other way around. In these days of increasing health care pressures, technology must make it easier for us ... in innovation, to have an effective voice with government, health authorities, and all our partners to express those ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Nancy McLachlan, November 2014
WorkSafeBC’s provision of health care benefits focuses on supporting attending ... Addiction Prescribed is posted on worksafebc.com. Click on Health Care Providers, then Physicians, then Policy & ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle D. Sherwood, MD, December 2014
... the neurological symptoms seen in some cases. The regional health authority and the BC Centre for Disease Control should ... acute flaccid paralysis, and should contact their regional health authority or the BC Centre for Disease Control for ... of acute flaccid paralysis should contact their regional health authority or the BC Centre for Disease Control for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: E.M.M. Wong, MD December 2014
... management, including increased medical surveillance. For health care professionals, frustration is a well-documented ... to ambiguous results.[ 4 ] There is also evidence that health care professionals struggle with delivering news of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Anna F. Lee, MDCM, PhD, FRCPC, December 2014
... may prevent relatives from being contacted. Limited health care services, a reality in many settings, may also ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2014
Illness prevention and health care promotion are the driving forces behind the work that Doctors of BC’s Council on Health Promotion (COHP) and its five subcommittees (Athletics ... and Recreation, Emergency Medical Services, Environmental Health, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, and Nutrition) ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD December 2014
... skill in psychiatry, social work, and maternal health—the list of medical topics covered when seeing a ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD December 2014
... rates of EMR adoption in Canada,[ 1 ] BC joins progressive health care systems around the world that are advancing the ... and quality of patient care, and ultimately patient health. And for good reason. Meaningful use (MU), which can ... of quality information, is critical to the evolution of health care. It is a crucial tool to help providers ...
Letters / BY: Barry Munn, MD, December 2014
... older male motorcyclists: An emerging medical and public health concern” in the October issue ( BCMJ ...