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Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD July / August 2001
... ride our politicians love to take us on whenever the BC electorate decides to give the incumbent majority a royal ... will require a huge injection of cash to fix. The doctors are next, and if Victoria thinks the docs are going ... ones, before it’s too late. —JAW Editorials Doctors are next ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Goldberger, MD June 2001
... without the crippling overhead commitment has drawn many doctors out of their practices, thus increasing the ... rabbit to pull out of the hat. It is, of course, the new  BC HealthGuide , by which a patient can now confidently ... self treat—any illness with the help of the “24-hour BC HealthGuide NurseLine.” Almost predictably and somewhat ...
Letters / BY: Thomas P. Millar, MD December 2001
... For these reasons I refused peer review. Though I had been BC’s most productive child psychiatrist for many years ... since. I filed a complaint of age discrimination with the BC Human Rights Council who refused to accept my complaint ... seems, is entitled, by law, to discriminate against older doctors on the basis of their age. While there is general ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD April 2001
... of that day thinking about the high cost of living in BC, the onerous tax load, and the rapidly crumbling system of ... say it again: If our politicians don’t start treating doctors and nurses like the valuable resources they are, they ... percentage of the health-care workers presently working in BC will eventually have their own personal epiphany and many ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD June 2001
... the numerous interest groups and geographical regions in BC. This group will be composed of about 101 members that ... yearly to bring forward and discuss issues important to doctors in BC. It will be called a Representative Forum, and for the ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD November 2001
... that makes sense to my world as a doctor in 2001 in BC, Canada. I saw the graphic images of the explosions and ... those injured or killed in New York and Washington or that doctors are heroes every day. It is simply that we must ... it a few years ago is no longer the same world today. As doctors we now often find ourselves in a position of having ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Barry Rich, MD December 2001
... and is most prevalent in health care workers, including doctors. In Vancouver, The Rubber Rainbow Condom Company ... 1960s, the Canadian Medical Protective Association warned doctors that they would be performing vasectomies without ... need not bother with testing. A survey of vasectomists in BC was conducted by the author in May 2000 (see the  table ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD October 2001
... fairly large, skilled, and highly motivated wellspring of BC authors. There are periods, however, when the steady ... based on their clinical and scientific merit, relevance to BC doctors, and the quality of the writing. Almost every ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD March 2001
... appointee to one of the largest regional health boards in BC came open and the region’s doctors were invited to nominate a candidate. The incumbent ... the choice of the board, not the choice of the region’s doctors, and has been viewed as a political appointment. So ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leila Srour, MD January/February 2000
... vaccine and only 1% with pneumococcal vaccine.[ 4 ] In BC, influenza vaccine is provided free of charge to people ... activity in health-care facilities and schools across BC.[ 5 ] All parties report to the BC Centre for Disease ... The 44 sentinel physicians (less than 1% of practising doctors in BC) documented over 3000 patient visits due to ...