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Physician Spotlight / BY: J. Pawlovich, MD July/August 2015
... most beloved pastime of all, general surgery. The young doctors collaborated on many vexing cases and supported one ... would have it, an aging Dr Harry Cannon of Abbotsford, BC, was advertising for a replacement GP surgeon. JP ... for gynecological procedures. When he arrived back in BC he would be the only physician in the Fraser Valley ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD January/February 2015
... on these fee items will not be paid. Always refer to the  Doctors of BC Guide to Fees  and its Preamble for interpretations of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lauri McCoy MD, CFPC January/February 2015
... When we think about the diagnosis of dementia, as medical doctors we generally think of a neurocognitive degenerative ... available in various languages on the Alzheimer Society of BC’s website ( ...
Letters / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2015
... meet our patients’ needs or wants. —Bill Cavers, MD Doctors of BC President Letters Re: Physician-assisted suicide. Dr ...
Letters / BY: Mike Marshall, MD, January/February 2015
... amusement [ BCMJ  2014;56:458 ]. A partnership between Doctors of BC and the BC government has been formed to provide incentive ... decline in GP obstetrics began at about the same time as doctors learned they were undervalued, just as the overall ...
News / BY: Goldis Mitra, MD, CCFP January/February 2015
The Resident Doctors of British Columbia (formerly the Professional ... health care system. Currently there are over 1200 resident doctors working across BC. We are a diverse group of trainees with varied ...
News January/February 2015
Last September Doctors of BC’s Council on Health Promotion published a policy ... 1 ] These findings suggest all the more reason for doctors to start routine discussions about their patients’ ...
Obituaries / BY: Brad Fritz, MD January/February 2015
... of poor results in negotiations with the Government of BC, the then BCMA decided to hire a nonphysician expert in ... the interests of the people of the province and the doctors of BC with great wisdom and humility. He served in ... British Columbia is a better place thanks to him, and the doctors of BC owe him a great deal. —Brad Fritz, MD ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2015
... government policy on highway billboards. I remember doctors going to that place they hate to go and withdrawing ... do this include: •    A first-of-its-kind, made-in-BC initiative that allows specialists and facility-based ... exciting time to be a physician in BC! —Bill Cavers, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Collaboration: ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Cathy Clelland, MD January/February 2015
... resources. Barriers to interprofessional collaboration in BC In BC only some patients have access to a coordinated and ... the BC Ministry of Health, the Medical Services Plan, Doctors of BC, and the Society of General Practitioners of BC ...