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, ...
Premise /
BY: Michael F. Myers, MD,
November 2006
... that excite us—especially on those dim days of medical practice when our spirits are flagging and we need some ... my colleagueship with physicians, and my clinical practice of looking after doctors, that some of the happiest ... Appleton and Company and his textbook The Principles and Practice of Medicine was completed 1 year later. It was ...
News /
BY: Sarah Gilgoff, BSc,
April 2006
... will determine the compensation increases. General practice compensation and targeted increases total $382 ... Protections against doctors being forced to change their practice form or method of compensation. • Provision of a ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP
September 2006
... earnings are $5200. For example, for a private medical practice, the premium for the minimum $1500/month coverage ... • Hidden Occupational Diseases: Uncovering Them in Your Practice— Dr Sam Youakim • Practice Management with WorkSafeBC (forms, fees, ...
Letters /
BY: Bruce Fleming, MD
December 2006
... by our president. Positive role models in specialty practice and family practice are encouraged and are welcome in many settings. ...
President's Comment /
BY: Michael Golbey, MD
May 2006
... all who treat our patients, avoiding duplication. Clinical practice guidelines will be available at point of care, ...
Editorials /
BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD
October 2006
... between the Society of Specialists and Society of General Practice have broken down and have gone to arbitration. Once ... process. In most jurisdictions in the world general practice negotiates at a setting completely separate from ...
Premise /
BY: David Snadden, MBChB, MCISc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP (Edin)
June 2005
... begins with accurate observation, scientific medical practice must begin with an accurate and thorough history. ... hospital specialist physicians with a broad or general practice—not the sort of person whom major teaching ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Cynthia Fan, MD
October 2005
... consider the applicability of alternatives, to recommend practice guidelines for the use of albumin, nonprotein ... in our province needs to be reviewed. The introduction of practice guidelines that ensure the appropriate use of ... the Albumin Working Group to consider the development of practice guidelines and to target any subsequent educational ...
Letters /
BY: John Sehmer, MD
January/February 2005
... for bone health.” According to the MSP/BCMA clinical practice guidelines and patient information pamphlet, ... are compared to those of young adults.” The clinical practice guidelines state, “Patients with low trauma ... a bewildering number of sometimes contradictory clinical practice guidelines. A recent statement of the Canadian Task ...