Obituaries /
BY: Archie D. Young, MD,
October 2013
... was financed largely by Captain J.C. Dun-waters of Fintry, BC, himself a lover of the Ayrshire cow. Learning about hard ... contribution to health care by a family physician in BC. • 2000: Senior membership in the CMA. • ...
Specialist Services Committee /
BY: Ian Courtice, MD,
January/February 2013
... does the Cleveland Clinic have to do with health care in BC? Well, the two of us traveled to Ohio with a group of BC specialists and health care executives in November to find ... collaboration with the Specialist Services Committee. The BC team got extraordinary access with briefings from a full ...
News
May 2013
... million—every dollar of which goes toward the cause. BC physicians Drs Jeff Beckman and Katherine Paton ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Brian Winsby, MD
September 2013
In February 2013, the BC Medical Association and the Ministry of Health announced ... supporting continuous physician-patient relationships in BC. Along with the Attachment initiative, also referred to as ... of Health initiatives designed to strengthen BC’s primary care system. Despite the critical importance ...
Letters /
BY: Robert Shepherd, MD
December 2013
... in the October issue of the BCMJ [The senior driver in BC: Reaching the 80-year milestone BCMJ 2013;55:380 ]. A ...
News
March 2013
Lung cancer specialists at the BC Cancer Agency now have access to a three-dimensional ... diagnosis, staging, and care for lung cancer patients in BC. The equipment, funded by the BC Cancer Foundation, is the first of its kind to be used in ...
News
June 2013
... team is led by Dr Poul Sorensen, senior scientist at the BC Cancer Agency Research Centre and scientist at the Child and Family Research Institute at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH). The Vancouver team has ... the University of Wisconsin. Vancouver researchers at the BC Cancer Agency are performing additional genetic sequencing ...
Editorials /
BY: Brian Day, MB
October 2013
... and similar issues will be placed before a judge of the BC Supreme Court. Such arguments will be heard in the context ...
News
January/February 2013
... Centre at the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children’s Hospital is recruiting 3609 participants from BC. Girls participating in the study will complete an annual ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Kenmau Chow, MD,
April 2013
... you may already be aware that on 1 July 2012 WorkSafeBC expanded its coverage for mental disorders, which could ... the patient, the employer, and the insurer. WorkSafeBC case managers work with MHCU medical, psychology, nursing, ...