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Shared Care Committee / BY: Nancy Falconer, September 2018
... approach was used to develop a perinatal mental health program for women at risk of depression or anxiety. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2018
... virus glycoprotein E recombinant [RZV]) was approved by Health Canada in October 2017 for adults aged 50 and older.[ ...
Obituaries / BY: Murray Peglar September 2018
... drove across Canada to work in Vancouver with the World Health Organization. He discovered Langley and decided that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... determined and we have been unable to find a hospital or health region in British Columbia with a formal notification ... and General Surgery as well as the executive director of health services in the Chilliwack area. Patients were ... the patient was discharged, with the original going to health records and a copy being placed, if appropriate, in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD October 2018
British Columbia is experiencing one of the greatest public health emergencies in its history. Opioid-related deaths ... number of deaths related to fentanyl led BC’s provincial health officer to declare an “opioid overdose emergency.” ... could have important impacts on both individual and public health. Greater access to and acceptance of Suboxone as an ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2018
... I could be wrong. I remain concerned about the long-term health impacts of nonmedicinal cannabis legalization, ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB October 2018
... in litigation on the constitutionality of Canada’s health system since well before the Chaoulli decision of ... are dismissive of patients lacking access to a GP, mental health services, cancer treatment, or those languishing on ER stretchers for days. The 2018 Vancouver Coastal Health Authority report card reveals only 49% of surgical ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2018
... and banks are rarely used for banking. And yet, there’s health care. While we celebrate innovative successes such as ... emergency room notes arrive by mail. Requests for health care services must be faxed on specified forms. When ... get here and what can we do? 1.    Recognize that the health care system and the people it cares for are complex. ...
Letters / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD October 2018
... you might read “A physician’s view of the future of health services” in the November 1967 issue, by one of our ...
Letters / BY: Ralph Jones, MD October 2018
... meet the patient had obvious advantages. Perhaps as our health system evolves we could revive some of these ancient ...