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News January/February 2010
... BC government will implement the harmonized sales tax on 1 July 2010. In response, the BCMA commissioned an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
... immunosuppressive therapy Graft survival rates ( Figure 1 ) and pa­tient survival rates ( Figure 2 ) for BC ... (ATG) are now commonly used at the time of transplant.[ 1,2 ]  The immunosuppressive regimen is determined by a ... 3 ] Results in low-risk patients have been excellent, with 1- and 10-year graft survival at 96.4% and 77.7%. Results in ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, July/August 2010
Recent PITO articles[ 1 , 2 ] have focused on PITO’s emerging program to ex­pand ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC November 2010
... Palmer (Retired), who died 22 December 1999, aged 94.[ 1 ] Dr Palmer’s major contribution to the initiation and ...
MDs To Be / BY: Jenny Ko, March 2010
... painless way intended to relieve unbearable suffering.[ 1 ]  In the Netherlands, where euth­anasia was legalized in ... judgment is solely at the discretion of the physician.[ 1 ] The only requirement is that the physician consult ... physician is allowed to cause the death of the patient.[ 1 ]  In other words, it is not a right that an individual ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD June 2010
... residents used to say that the worst part about being on 1-in-2 call was that they missed out on half the good cases. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) October 2010
... so-called natural remedies awaiting pre-market review[ 1 ] have not gone unheeded by Health Canada.  In a move ... Canada now says it will not be enforcing the now-passed 1 April 2010 deadline. The agency states that about 60% of ...
ICBC / BY: Tanya Heuchert, BA, LLB, January/February 2010
... which have now been legislated, will come into force on 1 July 2010. Part 11 deals entirely with experts. There have ... particularly for any matter which has a trial date after 1 July 2010. Medical experts will continue to play an ...
News&Notes / BY: Eugene Leduc, MD April 2010
... 2 years. This includes our attendance at ViVa meetings 1 year before departure, our 6-month service on Tanna, and ... as such.” Suggested reading Primary Surgery. Vol 1. Ed M. King, P. Bewes, J. Cairns, et al. Oxford: Oxford ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Megan Isaac-Renton, BSc, July/August 2010
... endemic in Bri­tish Columbia and other parts of Canada.[ 1 , 2 ] There are various clinical presentations, and ... sample was found to be reactive, with a titre of 1:256. The patient was treated with a course of levofloxacin ... tula­remia were identified from 1991 to 2007 ( Figure 1 ), only 9 patients met the confirmed-case criteria and were ...