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News October 2014
... substance use. Over 35% of the First Nations population in BC lives in the northern region, where First Nations face ...
News / BY: Christine Wilson, MD, FRCPC December 2014
... years after the radiation was given. Specialists at the BC Cancer Agency, working with diagnostic imaging specialists across BC, have initiated a special monitoring program for patients ... radiation for Hodgkin lymphoma. In October 2014, the BC Cancer Agency mailed letters to former Hodgkin lymphoma ...
Letters / BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC January/February 2014
... I have also been involved in a number of legal cases in BC that have to do with the right-to-die issue. I have been ... help with an assisted death. Even more recently, respected BC physician Dr Marco Terwiel wrote an editorial in the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David F. Smith, MD, April 2014
... (EMSC) has played an important role for Doctors of BC over the past 50 years. Functioning under the umbrella of ... Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles (OSMV) in BC. Its purpose was to address medical issues affecting safe ... by political or other difficulties between Doctors of BC and governments over the years. Early in this ...
News June 2014
For the first time,  Doctors of BC’s 2013/2014 Annual Report  is primarily an online ... 1 800 665-2262 to have it mailed to you. News Doctors of BC Annual Report now online ...
Letters / BY: Jane Dyson, September 2014
... writing to provide you with a different perspective. The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) has been ...
News November 2014
... the medical profession through participation in Doctors of BC. •    Provided leadership to the broader medical ... political activities in support of health care. Doctors of BC members may nominate a member in good standing for the ... membership to the Canadian Medical Association goes to BC doctors who, at the age of 65, have been active members of ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Claire Campion Wright, BSc, January/February 2014
... and for most of his professional life, Maple Ridge, BC. Throughout his career Dr Terwiel was often nominated by ... suggested that he become involved with Doctors of BC (then the BCMA). This prompted him to join the Society of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kristy Cho, MD, FRCSC May 2014
... or performed under radiological guidance.[ 1 ] The BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) recommends using CNB to investigate ... biopsy.[ 9,10 ] To quantify the use of preoperative CNB in BC and the extent of regional variation in its use, and to ... Methods An estimated 85% of breast cancer patients in BC are referred to BCCA for consultation and treatment.[ 11 ] ...
Letters / BY: C. Eve Rotem, MD, July/August 2014
... has been started in the April and May issues of the  BC Medical Journal  and that is an important first step. I ...