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Editorials / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... landmark 1962 article “The Battered-Child Syndrome,” health care providers have made great strides in identifying ... of child maltreatment are first steps in facilitating the health care response to potentially abusive situations. ... experienced in pediatric imaging can provide to health care teams. The first article reviews the evolution of ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Clayton Chmelik, December 2015
... BC. WorkSafeBC entered into agreements with these private health care facilities and, in 1997, took part in the newly ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2015
... asking our patients to go for a walk on or around Move for Health Day (10 May) to emphasize the importance of being ... active is the most important thing we can do for our health. The latest tally came to 25 different benefits to our health from being regularly physically active. The latest ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD May 2015
... our colleagues to have a stronger collaborative voice in health authority decisions on budgeting, resource allocation, ... share significant common concerns about relationships with health authorities, workload issues, the privileging process, ... positive collaborative relationship with the Ministry of Health and with our health authorities, and the work of the ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD September 2015
... feeling overwhelmed, you should also contact the Physician Health Program. You do not have to go through this process ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Vu, MD, FRCPC, November 2015
The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) is a highly specialized health care delivery system that can be rapidly deployed ... mandate that includes providing support for public health clinics, hospital renovations, primary and secondary ...
Letters / BY: Alexander Boggie, MD April 2015
... next 5 years. As for the promise of collaboration with the health care bureaucrats, history and continual loss of input ... to budget restrictions.” The development of regional health districts (a bad idea) has made consultation difficult ... system,” a frequently used alibi! While the Minister of Health and various departments are mainly responsible for our ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc June 2015
... with no treatment and high mortality? From the public health point of view, the primary benefit of the EMC is ... and aggressive action can result in an increased risk to health care workers and seldom changes the ultimate outcome ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Brad Fritz, MD September 2015
... That commission spent 3 years examining compulsory state health insurance and recommended in 1922 that there should be ... public opinion and business sentiment were in favor of health insurance, government would eventually want to bring ... In 1961, following the establishment of a government health care program in Saskatchewan, the Canadian Medical ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2015
... accounts for a quarter of total mercury emissions.[ 2 ] Health Canada calls mercury a global contaminant because of ... which rapidly enters body tissues and causes various health problems, particularly neurological problems.[ 2 ] ... have had less opportunity to accumulate mercury. Currently Health Canada cautions consumers only about canned albacore ...