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Shared Care Committee / BY: Keith J. White, MD December 2014
... Committee is a joint collaborative committee of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. Since then, the PRR—with ... first prototyped in residential care facilities in eight BC communities, with each customizing the approach to suit ... Care for Seniors: 48/6  (all supported through the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council). If you would like ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2014
... Bridges: A call for a coordinated dementia strategy in BC.”[ 5 ] The paper called for BC to develop a multifocal, coordinated dementia strategy, ... research into prevention and treatment. The province of BC released its Dementia Action Plan[ 6 ] in 2012, developed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2014
... uncommon. In 2013, one such late complication was seen in BC in the form of vaccine-related herpes zosteriform ... vaccine-strain VZV may be involved. In all such cases, the BC Centre for Disease Control laboratory may be consulted. ...
News June 2014
... across the province, and develop partnerships with the BC First Nations Health Authority and other indigenous ...
Letters / BY: Ted Patterson, September 2014
... to their populations. We share an interest with the BC College of Family Physicians in supporting physicians and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2014
... are the driving forces behind the work that Doctors of BC’s Council on Health Promotion (COHP) and its five ... and largest standing committee of Doctors of BC. As the primary advocacy body of Doctors of BC, COHP’s goal is to make a meaningful difference in the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC May 2014
... Ogilvie, MD —David Moore, MD —Perry Kendall, MD BC Centre for Disease Control New HIV testing guidelines in BC ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) January/February 2014
... most visible sign of change is our new name—Doctors of BC. But in reality, the changes are much deeper and more ... change. At the start of last year, staff at Doctors of BC held discussions with doctors (members and non members), ... in. You will see in our strategic plan that Doctors of BC will continue to do the work we already do well—such as ...
Obituaries / BY: Dorothy Shaw, MBChB, April 2014
... Hospital until obstetrics moved to Grace Hospital (now BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre) in 1982. His ... He was instrumental in setting up the CARE program at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre 20 years ago and ... (call 604 731-4161 or e-mail info@bethisrael.ca ), to the BC Women’s Hospital CARE Clinic, or to the Elizabeth ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB July/August 2014
... same time outlaw other options. Justice J. Spencer of the BC Supreme Court has stated: “… if it comes to a choice ...