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Obituaries / BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD June 2015
... Gur during his very active leadership role with Doctors of BC (then BCMA). He was a member of the executive and served ...
News September 2015
The Doctors of BC scholarship is awarded annually to two children of Doctors of BC members who display outstanding scholastic achievement, ... of achievement. Winners are selected by Doctors of BC committee members through an anonymous process. This ...
News / BY: Sinden Luciuk, November 2015
Doctors of BC now provides legal expense insurance to all members at no ... was added as a benefit of membership with Doctors of BC effective 1 September 2015. The coverage is automatic; no ... cover the legal costs to refute the valuation. Doctors of BC Legal Advice Help-line Access the helpline at 1 877 ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD January/February 2015
... items will not be paid. Always refer to the  Doctors of BC Guide to Fees  and its Preamble for interpretations of ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Winsby, MD May 2015
Residential care in BC is facing critical challenges. Residential care patients make up less than 1% of BC’s population and consume approximately 25% of the ... solutions, and to engender change to residential care in BC. Lessons learned from the divisions’ agreements and ...
News July/August 2015
... Henderson received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the BC Association for Child Development. Dr Henderson is a ... visit  iwishimight.ca . For more information about the BC Association for Child Development, visit  www.bcacdi.org ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... effects. In 2013, 4% of youth age 12 to 19 surveyed in the BC Adolescent Health Survey reported using ecstasy.[ 1 ] In a ... there are between 15 and 23 ecstasy-related deaths in BC, and emergency departments frequently treat patients with ... ecstasy overdose.[ 3 ] In October and November 2011, the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre received calls from ...
MDs To Be / BY: Cynthia Kong, December 2015
... Or even—dare I say it—a family doctor in rural BC? Each path has its pros and cons, but it is rural medicine ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ken Q. Little, MSc, March 2015
... and 154 per 100 000 men in Canada.[ 8 ] In the province of BC alone, direct treatment for genital warts costs an ... do not provide consent, and the vaccination rate in a BC school-based program is under 70%.[ 14 ] In keeping with ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Sandy Whitehouse, MD, March 2015
... youth are currently aging out of the pediatric system in BC annually, and this number is increasing.  The issue: Poor ... to adult primary and specialist care in transition from BC Children’s Hospital presents a number of risks. Lack of ... the gap In 2011 a provincial workshop hosted by Doctors of BC and Child Health BC brought pediatric and adult ...