Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Susan Papadionissiou
June 2017
... resources at the local and provincial levels.[ 2 ] Divisions of family practice have been at the forefront ...
Letters /
BY: Grant McCormack, MD, FRCPC
June 2017
... an ASA. I advised the staff that the flight could continue 2 hours further to Hong Kong without diverting to Taipei. I ...
Letters /
BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD
June 2017
... standard, similar to the directive recently issued[ 2 ] by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta in ...
Obituaries /
BY: Sterling Haynes, MD
June 2017
... Fay Carp at the UBC Okanagan School of Nursing organized 2-month electives for senior nursing students to work in ...
Obituaries /
BY: G.B. Gowd, FRCSC
June 2017
... medical duties. Eventually, Dr Joneja realized that 2 days per week were insufficient to serve a community such ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC
July/August 2017
... up a public webpage and an extensive web-based resource.[ 2 ] Methods Data were collected on assisted death cases in ... were 72 assisted deaths, which amounted to approximately 2% of the total deaths on Vancouver Island in that time (7100 ... period, ranging from a low of 0 to a high of 9 ( Figure 2 ). Assisted deaths took place most often at home, but ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Alexa R.Y. Dang, BSc
July/August 2017
... from all over Northern BC, which covers 600 000 km 2 . In 2013 there were 613 cancer cases requiring ... have identified unmet needs after cancer treatment.[ 2,3 ] Patients from rural communities often face significant ... is particularly true for many First Nations patients.[ 2,3 ] Studies indicate patients in these communities feel ...
College Library /
BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS
July/August 2017
... credits for reading journals, under RCPSC’s Section 2 and as a noncertified self-learning activity in Mainpro+. ... that apply to clinical practice are eligible for step 2 of a CFPC Pearls exercise and can apply the activity toward ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
July/August 2017
... with this during my next set of weekly rounds. However, 2 weeks later I received another e-mail missive from HAMAC, ...
Letters /
BY: Brandon M. Theriault
July/August 2017
... in emergency medicine, giving it benefit over the 3D-CAM.[ 2 ] In these aforementioned studies, figures and the entire ... the 3D-CAM with the analysis would have been helpful.[ 1,2 ] Regarding the prevention of delirium during ...