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News / BY: Claire Campion Wright, BSc, March 2016
... and join the more than 1.3 million Canadians living with health impacts from heart disease or stroke. If you were ... would you have the financial freedom to attend to your health? The average hospital stay after a stroke is 16.1 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2016
... These may include immigrants, refugees, and sometimes health care workers. It may be possible to retrieve these records from a previous health care provider or public health unit in another province, but if records cannot be ...
News October 2016
... exams Procedures, injections, and labs Obstetrics Mental health Residential care Telehealth WorkSafeBC ICBC and OSMV ...
News June 2016
... of BC. Dr Davidicus Wong: Inspiring patients to embrace health education, and bringing evidence-based health information to the public. Dr Ahmer Karimuddin: ... Transforming care for youth growing up with complex health conditions. The core elements, which scan the ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd January/February 2015
... have joined the ranks.  The Section of the Public Health Physicians is the newest section and is presided by Dr ... remains, particularly in the context of continuing public health threats such as an aging population, the epidemic of ... sections mirrors the rise and advancement of modern health care in BC. As the medical field continues to evolve, ...
News May 2015
... rural medicine. The award is offered by the BC Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC with the goal of strengthening ... Rural Issues, a collaborative committee of the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC. For information on eligibility and ... committee of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health, visit  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean Hlady, MD, FRCPC September 2015
... to additional expert pediatric, social work, and mental health resources. In BC, five Suspected Child Abuse and ... Some children may require further comprehensive mental health and developmental assessments by team psychologists or ... death. In a recent study by Sege and colleagues, primary health care providers and child abuse experts were found to ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB October 2015
... and their focus is on making a positive difference in our health care system for our patients and for our profession. ... for our profession, for our patients, and for our health care system as a whole. --Charles Webb, MBChB Doctors ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB April 2015
... of documents” were being released by the Ministry of Health. Government lawyers asked for another delay of at ... orthopaedics and you have a prime example of what ails our health system. Ethical arguments will feature in the trial. ... unethical. An ethical physician must advocate for quality health care that is appropriate, effective, and timely. When ...
News June 2015
... reasons for crossing the line of insurability are many: health, lifestyle, travel. But what can you do if you become ... and confirm whether you could apply in the future if health or circumstances improve. Review all current policies ... feature that allows you to increase coverage with no health checks if you exercise the options at prescribed ...