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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 ...
News September 2015
... flood, or other disaster damages your business premises. Health and dental benefits for employees It is very common for physicians to carry health and dental policies for themselves, and to own the policies through their corporation, since health and dental plan premiums are tax deductible. A caveat ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA December 2015
Health care providers are often immobilized when presented ... disorders, and who deny that they are ill. In these cases health care providers may be unsure what to do or how to ... and may even avoid decision making until the patient’s health deteriorates. Cases such as those described below ...
Letters / BY: Lorne Brandt, MD, January/February 2015
... ensue, at great cost to individuals, families, and the health care system. When I trained as a family physician we ... only the individual and his or her family, but also our health care system. For the well-being of our geriatric ... citizens, as well as our increasingly resource-stressed health care system, it would behoove our Ministry of Health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha J. Ignaszewski, May 2015
... patients with mental illness, and difficult-to-access health networks. At the very least, a schizophrenia diagnosis ...