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Editorials / BY: Bassam A. Masri, MD, FRCSC November 2016
... have surpassed hip replacement in terms of numbers done in British Columbia. Other joints are now successfully treated ... in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia, and most of them practise outside ... FRCSC Professor and Head of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Acute (VGH and UBCH) ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bradley Ashman, MD November 2016
... liner made of metal, ceramic, or polyethylene. In British Columbia, the Medical Services Plan covers the cost ... heads; and polyethylene or ceramic acetabular liners. In British Columbia, the standard of care is a metal acetabular ...
News November 2016
... 2 decades, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia. To predict future rates of COPD disease, ...
News November 2016
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have successfully prevented drug-resistant ...
Obituaries / BY: Nadia Caira November 2016
... general surgeon who was qualified in the United Kingdom, British Guiana (Guyana), and Canada. He was also instrumental ...
Obituaries / BY: Charles Reeve, Jr., PhD November 2016
Directing British Columbia’s kidney transplant program for 19 years ... that when he and his colleagues brought transplantation to British Columbia they didn’t just help pioneer this ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Gabriel, MD, MSc, CCFP October 2016
... to implement interpretation programs.[ 9 , 11 , 12 ] In British Columbia interpretation services for 150 languages ... A 2013 qualitative study of family physician experience in British Columbia confirmed that practitioners have observed ... in the fee-for-service primary care setting in British Columbia. Methods     This pilot study ran from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ivana Jakovljevic, MD October 2016
... of children and youth age 4 to 17—almost 84 000 young British Columbians—are experiencing a mental health ... immigrants, visible minorities, and Aboriginal citizens. British Columbia’s child poverty rate has remained ... there is an increase in working poor families living in British Columbia, with one in three poor children having at ...
News / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2016
... common goal of providing the best care. We also heard from British Columbia’s Minister of Health, the Honourable Dr ...
News October 2016
... to medicine or medical/political involvement in British Columbia or Canada. Outstanding contributions by a layperson to medicine or to the welfare of the people of British Columbia or Canada. The closing date for nominations ...