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President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD March 2013
... amount of time to dedicate to any one person’s overall health. But for doctors specifically, who are usually pressed ... that sedentary behavior is a powerful predictor of ill health. The benefits of regular physical activity are well ... Association has posted  A Physician’s Guide to Personal Health  online, and it is a good resource.[ 3 ] You might ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC June 2013
... women, CPP has a major impact on women’s health.[ 1-4 ] While endometriosis is the most common ... Pain and Endometriosis was launched to provide integrated health services and undertake research.  Development of the ... provided by two gynecologists at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. Over time it has become evident that increased ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) July/August 2013
... kept me healthy but also gave me a window into the broader health care system and what my role in it could be.  During ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2013
... the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) Personal Health Risk Assessment Fee (G14066) came into effect, ... intake. Family physicians can now initiate a personal health risk assessment visit with this patient population, or ... Physicians can have a significant impact when engaging in health promotion, and should encourage patients to focus on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP March 2013
... unrelieved pain. This vulnerability, their reliance on health care providers to treat their pain, and the terminal ... experience.  When communication is severely impaired, the health care provider must rely on different sources of ...
News April 2013
Australia’s universal health care system outperforms Canada across many measures of ... and outcomes, and offers important lessons for Canada on health policy reform, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute. The study, entitled “Health Care Lessons from Australia,” states that government ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Karen Hossack, MD, June 2013
... Prescribed online. (Go to www.worksafebc.com , click on Health Care Providers, then Physicians, and then Policy & ...
News / BY: Trixie Baker, September 2013
... to individuals and their loved ones, even if a future health issue prevents an individual from managing his or her ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD December 2013
... of his family’s hospital experience, even more than the health care itself, was what he remembered most vividly. In this era of family- and patient-centred care, complex health care communication in front of the patient occurs in ... it: “As professionals, physicians are committed to the health and well-being of individuals and society through ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2013
... (GPSC), a joint committee of the BCMA and the Ministry of Health, has sought to identify common ground, establish ... mutual goals, and foster creative thought and solutions to health system challenges. Through initiatives such as the ... the Shared Care Committee—also joint BCMA/Ministry of Health committees—at a governance level and through its ...