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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2014
... should be unable to walk 100 metres without risk to health or be unable to move, period. I have patients with ... which can be filled out by the physician or another allied health professional. Physicians are paid reasonably well to ...
Letters / BY: Patricia Mirwaldt, MD, CCFP, June 2014
... the needs of our valued family doctors, patients, and the health care system. —Patricia Mirwaldt, MD, CCFP President, ...
Letters June 2014
... I was beginning to think I was the only one in Fraser Health who wasn’t convinced that computerization is the ... order-entry system was introduced. Because hospitals and health regions don’t pay for a physician’s time, there is ...
News June 2014
Intimate partner abuse is linked to postpartum mental health problems in a recent research article, “Intimate ... and during pregnancy as risk factors for postpartum mental health problems,” published in  BMC Pregnancy and ... linked to higher than normal levels of postpartum mental health problems. In addition to questions about their general ...
News June 2014
The School of Population and Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC will serve as the home of the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health (CEIH)—a single point of contact within the ... for support, training, and resources for indigenous health. It will also be the primary conduit for indigenous ...
News June 2014
... a brain-related discovery that could help scientists and health care professionals better treat individuals with ...
News June 2014
... study was led by Dr Zabrina Brumme from SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences in collaboration with scientists at the BC ... Blood Center, and the San Francisco Department of Public Health. News HIV evolution traced in North America ...
News June 2014
Using the Adult Mental Health learning module offered by the Practice Support ... training to better treat British Columbians with mental health conditions, helping patients return to or stay at ... to empower patients to be active partners in their mental health treatment. Doctors surveyed after taking part in the ...
News June 2014
To raise awareness about youth mental health issues, Doctors of BC is seeking submissions of ... postsecondary students that expresses what youth mental health and well-being means to them. Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of physicians from the Council on Health Promotion and the Doctors of BC staff, with one winner ...
News June 2014
... for community placements and participation in rural health research projects, and students will receive training ... on Rural Issues, a partnership between the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC. The committee develops programs that strengthen rural health care and encourage physicians to live and practise in ...