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Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Bigham, MD May 2002
... as one of the most significant public health issues in British Columbia. Highlights included: • A significant ... • A recommendation by the provincial health officer, the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, and provincial ... cases of meningococcal disease were reported in British Columbia during 2001—the highest number reported in ...
Letters / BY: Michael Livingston, MD October 2002
... literature after 1953, [3]  but not described among British patients in the UK major journals for the next 30 ... within 3 years. In whiplash injury it did not. Why did British patients, particularly in traffic-dense London, not ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson March 2002
... resources for supporting addiction medicine in British Columbia, the provincial government library, then in ... www.kaiserfoundation.ca/ATG_Final_Report.pdf ) proposes a British Columbia Centre for Advancement of Addiction ...
Editorials / BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD July/August 2002
In May of this year the government and the physicians of British Columbia engaged in a very nasty altercation to try ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2002
... problems confronting Canadian health care. [1-3]  British Columbia is no exception, with many rural areas ... under-doctored. [4]  Typical retention rates for British Columbia’s rural communities of fewer than 7000 ... recent decrease in absolute numbers of rural physicians in British Columbia’s rural communities is a worrisome ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Agnes To, MD November 2002
... some available resources for psychological treatment in British Columbia. Combining pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy ... by referral. • The College of Psychologists of British Columbia ([604] 736-6164). • Ambulatory psychiatric ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew R. Woolfenden, MD, FRCPC April 2002
... [1]  Each year, over 50 000 Canadians, including 10,000 British Columbians, suffer a stroke. [1,2]  There are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew Eisen MD, FRCPC September 2002
... declared. Table 1. Demographics of patients seen in the British Columbia ALS clinic between 1984 and 2001.   All Men ... bulbar and spinal motor neurons. The prevalence of ALS in British Columbia is 7 per 100 000 population. Site of disease ...
Letters May 2002
The scene: British Columbia today. A cast of thousands, discussing the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marcos Gobrial, MD, CCFP December 2002
... Coola is a rural, remote community located in northwestern British Columbia. The closest referral hospital, in Williams ... 10 most isolated physician-staffed health facilities in British Columbia ( Table 1 ). [1]  The Northern Isolation ... Coola is also a rural training site for University of British Columbia’s Family Physician Residency Program. ...