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Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD September 2016
... Marijuana for Medical Purposes . According to the Health Professions Act (HPA), the role of the College is to ... Medical Marijuana Access Regulations essentially removed Health Canada from any oversight of the use of this ... by the authors of the letter, and is noted on the Health Canada website as well as the College standard. The ...
Letters / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS September 2016
... would gladly embrace greater independence within our health care system, it is not necessarily the cornerstone ... of our patients, both for their needs and those of our health care system. Doctors of BC is now enhancing this ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Shore, MD, CCFP September 2016
... on safe prescribing last week to address the public health emergency related to opioid overdoses. This is a new ...
Letters / BY: Owen D. Williamson, MBBC, FRSCS, FFPMANZCA September 2016
... conditions which will further escalate the current public health emergency. We also hope that physicians do not ...
Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD September 2016
... of Dr Perry Kendall’s recent description of BC’s health care emergency of opioid misuse and overdose. The ...
Letters / BY: Andre C. Piver, MD, FCFP September 2016
... Doctors of BC newsflash, led me to write about electronic health records ( ... records/history. EHRs have been a boon for the regional health authorities in British Columbia—gathering of big ...
Editorials / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... financial difficulties that present barriers to proactive health management. Many of these patients will require ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marla Kiess, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... defects and will require lifelong care by an array of health professionals with expertise in the field of CHD. BC ... the urgent need for trained medical staff, allied health personnel, and specialized clinics to deliver ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... pregnancy in women with CVD.[ 5 , 6 ] Certainly the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of maternal ... is imperative that couples understand the risk to maternal health posed by a pregnancy. Considerations include the risk ... has resulted in markedly improved communication between health care providers and much more efficient and effective ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Karen LeComte, MSN, RN September 2016
... pediatric to adult care is critical to maintaining patient health in adulthood. There are 15 specialized adult CHD ... at Shaughnessy Hospital in 1988 to respond to a gap in health services for adults with CHD, and moved to St. ... in 1993. The PACH team, a multidisciplinary group of health professionals with advanced training in adult CHD, is ...