Clinical Articles /
BY: Christine E. Jarchow, MSW
March 2004
... on “expert” evaluation. Finally, it is now standard practice for sexual abuse examinations to include colposcopic ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: E. Jane Garland, MD, FRCPC
December 2004
... unpublished and the impression from published studies and practice guidelines [10,11] was that antidepressants were ... a pattern of increasing prescribing rates in clinical practice [17] has been reinforced by the very high placebo ... of improvement. In an open trial, which resembles clinical practice, up to 80% of subjects will improve, and in the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Gary W. Dunn, BA, LLB
July/August 2004
... undefined statutory references as to what constitutes the practice of medicine. Clear definitions may be necessary to ... 1. Licensure and the cross-jurisdictional regulation of practice and standards. 2. The right to reimbursement for ... The legal profession is responding to cross-jurisdictional practice in Canada in a way suggesting that a legal practice ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Michelle Fung, MD, FRCPC
November 2004
... The most recent Canadian Diabetes Association clinical practice guidelines ( www.diabetes.ca/cpg2003 ) continue to ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Alan Brookstone, MD
June 2004
... hardware intended to solve problems they face in clinical practice. However, the level of change required to implement ... to one another. In order to be effective in a clinical practice setting, an electronic medical record system needs ... the current level of technology in a specific medical practice and the total cost of making the jump to the next ...
Editorials /
BY: Howard Feldman, MD, FRCPC
September 2004
... global and functional benefits for ChEIs as a class. The practice parameter of the American Academy of Neurology also ...
Letters /
BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD
March 2003
... a lack of evidence-based medicine studies to support this practice. Berger states that “Before any treatment of type ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: P. Terry Phang, MD
September 2003
... rates. As explained in the previous article, “ Practice patterns and appropriateness of care for rectal ... on this change. This vision of interdisciplinary best practice is supported by the BC Cancer Agency Surgical ... receive the feedback necessary to audit their surgical practice. They will be able to assess outcomes of their ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2003
... and a junior faculty member I developed a small private practice. Most of my patients were women (who are more likely ...
Letters /
BY: A. Krisman, MD
June 2003
... ward to the university classroom. In my later years of practice it seemed that many new nurses appeared on the scene ...