Clinical Articles /
BY: Jay Draper
July/August 2006
... be the president?’ A few years after I opened my first practice (in Trail) I realized I was letting my patients down ... based on new doctors committing to a full service family practice located in a designated under-serviced area. These ... on their debt load. Some are turning away from family practice for better-paying specialties, and some of those ...
Letters /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
December 2006
... invoked by Dr Bell as an example of a scientifically sound practice. Those physicians who recall high school chemistry ...
Premise /
BY: Michael K. McIsaac, BA,
May 2006
... in a study about barriers to mental health care: “The practice of psychiatric rehabilitation is a concept and ... become a widely used guiding principle in mental health practice… The results suggest that geographic and economic ...
News /
BY: Fiona Youatt,
October 2006
... allocation can be applied at the fee code level. General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) The GPSC is an existing ... to the BCMA and government on matters related to rural practice. These programs include the Rural Retention Program, ... the plan in ways that support physicians remaining in practice longer. • In 2010, the Maternity Leave Program ...
Back Page /
BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD
March 2006
... in Yale, anon in peaceful pursuit of his occupation, the practice of medicine. During the night of October 21, some ... his MD shingle on Washington Street in San Francisco. The practice flourished; many patients were ex-miners like ...
Obituaries /
BY: Carolyn McGhee, MB BS,
July/August 2006
... and Somalia. After 30 years, Jack retired from active practice in 1996. He was honored to be made an honorary ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Brenda Kosaka, MD
November 2006
... in a patient with a psychiatric history, there may be practice effects present because the patient has repeatedly ... available. If the assessment is done by someone in private practice, the cost can easily exceed $1500. The cost depends ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ralph J. Maddess, PhD
May 2006
... facilities. Registered psychologists in private practice are faced with an additional problem in that most ...
Interviews /
BY: Jay Draper
September 2006
... on it, though I’m sure they noticed. Nobody left the practice, so I think they understand that it’s an ... into adults; I have families with four generations. My practice includes geriatrics, pediatrics, men, women, ... your schedule as president—are you continuing your practice? I’m doing much less clinical work than usual. ...
Letters /
BY: Ari Giligson, MD,
June 2006
I am writing with hopes of acquainting the family practice community with a problem that some of our older, ...