Letters /
BY: James Quan, MD,
March 2014
... of which affect the practice of medicine and delivery of health care. For example, some doctors choose not to take ...
News
May 2014
... Dr MacVicar, with the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, had previously captured how ...
News&Notes /
BY: Joanne Jablkowski
July/August 2014
... to strengthen the bursary program as well as the physician health program. Dr Corbett thanked the members and indicated ... and act locally.’ “We need to engage with government, health authorities, and our allied health providers in developing a strong and sustainable ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP,
November 2014
... communication by e-mail with C. Voggenreiter, Ministry of Health, March 2013). Several explanations for this high ... do so.[ 20,21 ] However, local data from the Ministry of Health indicate FPs are overprescribing, despite their good ... where the work is shared by various members of the health care team, will likely be needed to address this ...
News
January/February 2014
A new report by the Health Council of Canada says that governments must make a greater effort to collaborate to improve health care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis seniors. The ... of the population often does not receive the same level of health care as non-Aboriginal Canadians because of poor ...
College Library /
BY: Niki Baumann
April 2014
... side with terms such as resilience , psychological , health promotion , or personal satisfaction . If you are ... B, Szecsenyi J, et al. The influence of workload and health behavior on job satisfaction of general practitioners. ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
June 2014
... should be unable to walk 100 metres without risk to health or be unable to move, period. I have patients with ... which can be filled out by the physician or another allied health professional. Physicians are paid reasonably well to ...
News
September 2014
... is also being launched, along with the Vancouver Coastal Health site for family practice residencies in North ... is part of a combined effort by the provincial government, health authorities, UBC Faculty of Medicine, and local ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: E.M.M. Wong, MD
December 2014
... management, including increased medical surveillance. For health care professionals, frustration is a well-documented ... to ambiguous results.[ 4 ] There is also evidence that health care professionals struggle with delivering news of ...
Physician Spotlight /
BY: Claire Campion Wright, BSc,
January/February 2014
... care on a continuous basis, is cooperative with other health care professionals, is community based, cost ...