Obituaries /
BY: Bruce F. Paige, MB
April 2005
... a type of personal care that is difficult to duplicate in practice nowadays. Dr Telford’s patients often were or ...
Editorials /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
September 2005
... patients. As Dr Rowe points out in his article , “The practice of medicine is not an exact science; there are more ... schools appear to promote, fewer students now enter family practice, general internal medicine, and general ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
December 2005
... a wife and two children the temptation to accept offers of practice partnerships in Cape Breton was great, but Nadia’s ... as head of gastroenterology but continued his private practice and teaching at the university. In 1978 his daughter ... Dalhousie, had gone to Prince George to set up a family practice, where Joe and Nadia visited her often while skiing ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Pierre Leichner, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2005
... • American Psychiatric Association. Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with eating ...
Back Page /
BY: Jonathan Down, MBBS, MHSc, DCH, FRCPC
June 2005
... nor had I considered that it might change my own practice. People with FASD often have damage to the part of ...
President's Comment /
BY: Michael Golbey, MD
October 2005
... Directors and I were faced with the failed GPSC (General Practice Services Committee) referendum. I, along with the ... certainly focussed even more clearly the plight of family practice here in BC (which is mirrored across Canada). Next ... will benefit from your input, you will help to shape the practice of medicine in British Columbia, and you will ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Paul Dhillon, MBBChBAO, LRCP&SI, EMDM, CCFP, DRCOG, DTM&H(Lon), FRGS
March 2005
The debate on the future of family practice in Canada is of the utmost urgency; it cannot be ... Resident Matching Service to consistently fill family practice residencies threatens the existence of the Canadian ... in another decade if the current trend of unfilled family practice residencies continues? Relevance Both federal and ...
President's Comment /
BY: Michael Golbey, MD
September 2005
... of physicians, fewer medical students choosing family practice, and doctors opting out of the field altogether to ... colleague at some time during their training and practice—I know I did. One of my earliest clinical ... me into his office that convinced me to go into family practice. While the primary intent of being a mentor is to ...
Obituaries /
BY: Shelley Ross, MD
December 2005
... registrar. He began his obstetrics and gynecology practice in Burnaby in 1965, where he remained until his ...
President's Comment /
BY: Jack Burak, MD
June 2005
... to begin this October. The crisis in full-service family practice has been front and centre for the past 8 months. I ...