News
September 2015
Every year Doctors of BC includes an online survey with its annual report ( ... financial statements, and reports from all Doctors of BC committees in the White Report. The report will remain ...
News
September 2015
Three BC research teams have received Movember Discovery Grants ... patients. Dr Cheryl Helgason and her team at the BC Cancer Agency in Victoria is focused on RNA that is not ... Dr Julian Lum, Dr Brad Nelson, and their team at the BC Cancer Agency in Victoria will focus on immunotherapy. The ...
News
September 2015
... contact Ms Erin Higgins, insurance advisor at Doctors of BC, at ehiggins@doctorsofbc.ca . News How owning a clinic ...
News /
BY: Andrew Guy,
September 2015
... concerts, and music festivals—take place throughout BC each year and, for the most part, they are safe and ...
News
September 2015
Doctors of BC is accepting nominations for members in good standing for ... among physicians and groups of physicians Doctors of BC Silver Medal of Service Criteria for nominees include: ... • Long and distinguished service of Doctors of BC • Outstanding contributions to medicine or ...
Obituaries /
BY: William Gardner, MBChB,
September 2015
... Kilmarnock, Scotland, and died on 23 May 2015 in McBride, BC. David was the second youngest of four boys and two girls. ...
President's Comment /
BY: Charles Webb, MBChB
September 2015
... asking for your feedback on a recently released Doctors of BC consultation paper. This paper looks at a number of ... serving members’ interests regardless of where in BC they live, what kind of medicine they practise, or what ... you review the consultation paper posted on the Doctors of BC website and answer the accompanying few questions. Be sure ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Brad Fritz, MD
September 2015
The 50th anniversary of the BC Medical Plan, the first government-funded medical care ... was prepared to do so, the then-BCMA (now Doctors of BC) was at the forefront of establishing prepaid medical ... province. The history of publicly funded medical care in BC and Canada dates back to 1919 when the Liberal government ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Colin Harris, MSN, BSc (Crim), RN, AFN-BC, F-ABMDI,
September 2015
... . —Colin Harris, MSN, BSc (Crim), RN, AFN-BC, F-ABMDI WorkSafeBC Investigations Officer WorkSafeBC ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC
October 2015
... the standard practised in the Department of Radiology at BC Children’s Hospital. A limited repeat skeletal survey, ... Protection Service Unit and pediatric radiologists at BC Children’s Hospital. Conclusions Diagnostic imaging in ... thanks are due to Dr John Mawson, pediatric radiologist, BC Children’s Hospital, for his advice and assistance in ...