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Physician Spotlight / BY: J. Pawlovich, MD July/August 2015
... year the young medical graduate headed to Queen’s Hospital in Honolulu to complete a 1-year internship. It was ... Alberta. Medical practice was a tapestry of clinic and hospital time, house calls, all-hours emergency care, ... of general practice. Whatever it was, goosebumps grow on my skin as I now sit and listen to the tales of the young ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2015
... entering a patient’s details about his or her hospital stay by hand on the form provided had been ... told what to do, so when these e-mails began to infiltrate my inbox, imagine my surprise when Fraser Health thanked me for my over 20 ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB April 2015
... system that infringes upon the rights of patients are, in my view, in violation of all ethical standards. That ... sexual discrimination, are examples that have existed in my lifetime. Our current health system, and the laws that ... Dr Charles Wright is a former VP at the Vancouver Hospital, consultant to the BC Ministry of Health, and member ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2015
... into action when the loud voice reverberated through the hospital corridors. Grabbing my white coat I sprinted down the hall, stethoscope trailing in my jet stream, startled visitors and knowing staff scattered ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Benjamin Ross, MD, April 2015
... What is your idea of perfect happiness? Dining alfresco in my backyard on a summer evening with family, good friends, ... by a Cohiba Robusto. What is your greatest fear? Harm to my children. What characteristic do your favorite patients ... and greater transparency/access to surgeon and hospital performance data. What is your most marked ...
Obituaries / BY: John Sloan, MSc, MD, FCFP May 2015
... 35 years ago. It was over the phone and I had never in my life heard such an intelligent, relaxed, and effortlessly ... (I couldn’t). As a family physician at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dr Clark was universally liked and respected among ... Board Medical Review Panels. When I did a locum for him in my first year of practice, I found an office that was ...
MDs To Be / BY: Greg Costello, MD June 2015
... Essays by Sir William Osler The doors to the Fort St. John Hospital slide open and I brush the snow off my shoulders and stomp my boots. I say hello to the passing housekeeping staff ...
Obituaries / BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD June 2015
... and as director of the neuro-services unit at Royal Inland Hospital. Later in life Dr Singh was asked to come back to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops as the medical chief of staff. Besides ... enriched, and he will be missed by us all. Rest in peace my brother and friend. —Arun Kumar Garg, MD New Westminster ...
Obituaries / BY: Jack Chritchley, MD, FRCPC, June 2015
... was the director of medical oncology at Shaughnessy Hospital in the 1980s and took that clinic to the Burnaby Hospital in the 1990s. During those years he was also a ... chief of oncology for the Bermuda Hospitals Board. Most of my personal memories of Terry stem from our days on the BC ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc June 2015
... most major lifestyle changes. For me, I enjoy working at my own pace without holding to deadlines imposed by others, ... tasks were relevant and rewarding and if I could receive my pension. Every physician who retires possesses well-honed ... demonstration for me that appropriate medical care in the hospital can save lives. That was one of the reasons I ...