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Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... over postoperative adjuvant therapy. From our review of practice patterns in 1996, we have identified potential ... use of preoperative adjuvant therapy. We need to alter practice patterns in our management of rectal cancer to ... can result in a slow and painful death. Clinical Articles Practice patterns and appropriateness of rectal cancer ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC January/February 2003
... in urban practices in such a situation; in a rural practice with small populations, or in a diagnostic and ...
Letters / BY: Alex Porzecanski, MD December 2003
... the orphaned patients. In fact, it takes away from general practice the very physicians who are in greatest demand, ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD June 2003
... areas, but is now recognized as a global problem. Family practice as we knew it seems to be a dying field. According ...
Letters / BY: Dorothy M. Goresky, MD November 2003
As a physician retired for 15 years after 23 years of practice at the Student Health Service of UBC, I couldn’t ... incredibly expensive facilities. Is today’s medical practice as fulfilling as it was for me? Comprehensive ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: M. Koehle, MD December 2003
... appropriate warm-up is 15 minutes of activity prior to the practice or competition. The exercise intensity should be ...