News
October 2016
... BCMJ we neglected to include the following two additional BC physician appointees to the Order of Canada. Dr Dorothy ... Officer of the Order of Canada: Dr Shaw, from Vancouver, BC, was recognized for her contributions as a doctor and ... of the Order of Canada: Dr Battersby, from Revelstoke, BC, was acknowledged for his contributions as a physician, ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP
June 2016
... workplace Lead exposure still occurs in many workplaces in BC, and every year WorkSafeBC adjudicates claims for exposure ...
News
September 2016
... 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey and found that the BC data are comparable. In the national survey, 4 out of 10 ...
Obituaries /
BY: Christine Arpita,
March 2016
... Hospital. They began their practice together in Hedley, BC. The Nickel Plate mine was still in operation at the time, ... Seattle, Washington, she and Edwin settled in Cloverdale, BC, where they set up a joint family practice. Dr Murphy ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Afsaneh Moradi
May 2016
... box below for the complete list of Fetch databases across BC.) The initial funding for Nanaimo’s Fetch database was ... complete list of live links to Fetch databases throughout BC, visit www.divisionsbc.ca/provincial/fetch . ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bradley Ashman, MD
November 2016
... a degenerative process occurring in their hip joint. In BC the standard of care for hip implants is a metal ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jaclyn R. Farquhar, MD
July/August 2016
... study, we addressed the unmet need of obese patients in BC who are not getting access to the surgical care they ... was distributed in June 2015 via e-mail invitation to BC associations representing general surgeons, orthopaedic ... represent 56% of surgical specialists in BC.[ 34 ] Survey results were collected and analyzed through ...
Letters /
BY: Stephen Shore, MD, CCFP
September 2016
... received the new College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC professional standards on safe prescribing last week to ...
Physician Spotlight /
BY: Sterling Haynes, MD
July/August 2016
... naturalized or not, to prisoner-of-war camps in the BC Interior, and a dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed on these ... was licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. He opened an office in Vancouver and practised there ...
News
January/February 2016
The Doctors of BC building, 1665 West Broadway, Vancouver as it looks today. ... November 2015 marked the 30-year anniversary of Doctors of BC’s purchase of our building at 1665 West Broadway. The ... signing purchase agreement, November 1985. News Doctors of BC headquarters ...