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Obituaries / BY: Jean Jamieson, MD, November 2014
... of the late Sir Richard McBride, 16th premier of British Columbia. Dr Beck was born in the Bute Street ... High School, and UBC. As there was no medical school in British Columbia at that time, he went east to Queen’s ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle D. Sherwood, MD, December 2014
... by a case of AFP in a child with EV-D68 infection in British Columbia. Case data A previously healthy, fully ... contact with ill people.  Summary A recent case in British Columbia illustrates the importance of appropriate ... concurrent polio-like symptoms. In one recent case in British Columbia, a 9-year-old patient presented with acute ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Anna F. Lee, MDCM, PhD, FRCPC, December 2014
... to retain unfixed tissue for future genetic testing. In British Columbia, although autopsies are performed throughout ... program, the rate of complete data collection improved. British Columbia practices Although no provincial standards ... will recommend referral of surviving relatives to the British Columbia Inherited Arrhythmia Program for screening ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2014
... goal is to make a meaningful difference in the lives of British Columbians through its public campaigns, policy ... difficult for the estimated 12% to 20% of young British Columbians who suffer from mental illness. It is ... of BC doctors’ activities to help improve the health of British Columbians and is actively building relationships ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD December 2014
... after a year on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia’s Methadone Maintenance Committee. ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD December 2014
In British Columbia, 91% of eligible full-service family ...
Letters December 2014
... For example,  re  words (centre, litre, etc.) follow the British spelling pattern. The journal’s style has developed ...
News December 2014
... and public health that affect First Nations and all British Columbians. Dr Adams will lead a team of FNHA ...
Premise / BY: Martin Dawes, MBBS, MD, FRCGP, December 2014
All British Columbians should have family physicians to provide ... receiving that care now, but as the auditor general of British Columbia pointed out in February 2014, “the current ... is more likely to result in better health outcomes for British Columbians, and at the same time provide the auditor ...
Premise / BY: B. Nosyk, PhD, December 2014
... with challenges, many of which have been overcome in British Columbia over the past 18 years with the help of ...