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Premise / BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP March 2017
... for exhaustive resubmission of documentation to multiple health authorities and, separately, to the College. There is ... provincial mandate of privileging, communication between health authorities is apparently nonexistent. Woe betide the ... locum who would choose to work in both Merritt (Interior Health) and Hope (Fraser Health), for this necessitates ...
News May 2017
... medical centre will be a purpose-built, fully integrated health campus, comprising the 18.4-acre site on Station ... Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and other centres of excellence in health care and research; primary care and specialized ...
Letters June 2017
... Lake, MSc PhD student, UBC School of Population and Public Health, Vancouver Letters Re: Driving stoned ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2017
... chances of developing lung cancer by 20% to 30%. Health Canada also states that about 800 Canadians die each ...
News November 2017
Each year, Fraser Health recognizes employees, physicians, and volunteers who ... with their Above & Beyond Awards. This year, Fraser Health celebrated several individuals and teams. Among the ... were two individual physicians at sites across Fraser Health: • Dr Richard Merchant, an anesthesiologist at Royal ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD December 2017
... to build positive change within the profession and for health care in our province. Regardless of one’s religious ...
Obituaries / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD January/February 2017
... in 1958, where he worked for the Ontario Ministry of Health in TB control. In 1965 Dr Allen moved to Victoria and ... provincial director of TB control for the BC Ministry of Health, which is where he worked until his retirement in ... George Elliot Award for lifetime contribution to public health in British Columbia. I first formally met Ted in 1982 ...
News April 2017
... with cancer. The study confirms that it is important for health care providers to treat not only patients’ tumors ...
Letters / BY: David D.W. Twa, BSc October 2017
... on how accessible marijuana will reshape the economy and health outcomes, particularly among underserved and ... restrictions on studies evaluating the economics and health effects of controlled substances, such as marijuana, ... characteristics on marijuana usage associated with mental health, fatalities, and organized crime, among other ...
News December 2017
... Innovation Engagement Forum will provide examples of health care innovations developed by medical colleagues, ... your opinion and try out technology solutions to improve health care delivery. The forum is co-sponsored by the ... Doctors of BC and the BC government) and Vancouver Coastal Health. Visit the forum website at  ...