Obituaries /
BY: Benedict M. Garry, MD, CCFP
November 2018
... family came to Canada, where he would serve as a public health physician starting in Prince George, next in ... degree in epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. John’s public health career continued in Vancouver and Richmond. He had a ...
Obituaries /
BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP
November 2018
... we navigated the treacherous waters of his declining health in late middle life, and the rapids of his failing health in old age. And, as the list of ailments and diagnoses ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Erin Fraser, DVM, MSc
November 2018
... they can shed in their feces, raccoon latrines represent a health risk to people and their pets. Baylisascaris eggs take ... raccoons are present.[ 4 ] —Erin Fraser, DVM, MSc Public Health Veterinarian, BCCDC —Eleni Galanis MD, MPH, ... Head, Zoonotic Diseases & Emerging Pathogens, BCCDC Public Health Laboratory Program Head, Parasitology, BCCDC Public ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD
November 2018
... infectious diseases in BC and notify their local medical health officer of any outbreaks or unusual occurrences of ... McVea, MD —Ray Copes, MD —Eleni Galanis, MD Council on Health Promotion Climate change and infectious disease in ...
Back Page /
BY: Paul Mitenko, MD
November 2018
... (establishing reimbursement caps and underfunding the health care system), and refused mediation and binding ... Various dire predictions were made by the then Minister of Health, Ms Elizabeth Cull, and other officials and ...
Letters /
BY: Barry Koehler, MD, FRCPC
December 2018
... and not what is perceived to benefit the system, better health care will ensue. And the monolithic, inflexible system ...
Letters /
BY: Raymond Simkus, MD
December 2018
... Dr Cadesky’s comments about the failure of innovation in health care [ BCMJ 2018;60:389 ]. One of the remarkable and ...
Letters /
BY: Brian Brodie, MD
December 2018
... be used to support the medical profession and better health. —Brian Brodie, MD Chair, CMA Board of Directors ...
News
December 2018
... Centre on Substance Abuse, Dr Sutherland works with other health care professionals, coordinators, and external ...
News
December 2018
... modules in English and French, tailored for the Canadian health care context. Royal College Fellows will be able to ...