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President's Comment /
BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM)
April 2014
... change within Doctors of BC and its influence on the health care system. While doctors across the various regions ... and genuinely caring for patients and wanting to make the health care system better. The media When it comes to ... to becoming more influential in helping to shape positive health care change. When Doctors of BC talks about ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME
April 2014
... 3. (a) Impairment is defined by the World Health Organization as any loss or abnormality of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kristy Cho, MD, FRCSC
May 2014
... and treatment characteristics identified in the five health authorities in BC were also compared using the ... surgery in the image-guided CNB group. Vancouver Coastal Health and Vancouver Island Health, both of which contain densely populated urban ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC
May 2014
A 23-year-old male presents to student health services with a mononucleosis-like syndrome. A ... would have said “no.” And this is what the provincial health officer’s new recommendations aim to change by ... earliest opportunity has significant clinical and public health benefits, this approach did not come into question. ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Keith J. White, MD
May 2014
... advice, lifestyle advice. • Visits for mental health problems that are stable. • Renewal of ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Tom Warshawski, MD,
May 2014
... for obstructive sleep apnea, asthma, arthritis, and mental health conditions. The physical examination includes ... patient’s height in metres) and plotting it on the World Health Organization growth charts,[ 2 ] and measuring blood ... discussion with caregivers to inform them of the long-term health risks of unhealthy weight. The personal health risk ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
May 2014
... of the CME). Much of what we do as physicians involves health promotion and disease prevention. So, it is time to ...
News
May 2014
... Dr MacVicar, with the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, had previously captured how ...
News
May 2014
... popular, but that would drastically improve Canada’s health care system. In her submission Dr Bradley posed the ... local culture. Using that concept, she suggests that 1% of health care dollars could be dedicated to advance care ... of the dying experience for patients, loved ones, and health care providers. Dr Bradley was selected as the ...