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Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... in this patient population can be challenging.[ 1 ] Individuals with developmental disability are less likely ... may not be considered reliable in their self-report (Cases 1 and 2). In other cases, a patient may have an Axis I ... disorder that requires treatment (Case 3).  Case 1:  “Sheryl” is a 40-year-old woman with a mild to ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD November 2008
... and assigning levels of evidence as follows: • Level 1—Systematic review or randomized controlled trial. ... of Insurance Medicine. 2007;39:109-120 (evidence level 1)—This article is based on a systematic review ... JN.  Low back pain.  New England Journal of Medicine. 1 Feb 2001;344(5):363-370 (evidence level 5)—Succinct ...
Letters / BY: Mike Figurski, MD, CA-CPHIMS April 2008
... solutions for electronic medical records [BCMJ 2008;50(1):12-13]. I too encouraged the PITO Committee to include ... Dr Golbey’s response on PITO’s behalf [ BCMJ 2008;50(1):14 ] did nothing to answer the question of “why no open ... for leadership from the BCMA. Com­mitting even 0.1% of the short-term PITO implementation budget ($138 ...
News / BY: Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH June 2008
... contact Kiki Ziten, Honours and Awards Program manager, at 1 800 387-6197, ext. 432, or e-mail  kziten@cfpc.ca . ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, September 2008
... that one undertakes to live well with a chronic condition[ 1 ]) include improved health outcomes, health status, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2008
... year from bike accidents, with 75% due to head injuries.[ 1 ] In 1996, British Columbia became the first province to ...
Letters / BY: Stephen D. Anderson, MD, FRCPC January/February 2008
In his November 2007  BC Medical Journal  article,[ 1 ] Dr H. Davis ex­pressed concerns regarding using the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephan F. van Eeden, MD, PhD, FRCP, April 2008
... be the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2020.[ 1 ] A recent study showed that the prevalence of COPD in ... in managing more severe cases of COPD ( Table 1 ).  An ideal stepwise approach would involve family ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... members from $800 to $880 per day; to be effective July 1, 2008.” After some questions and discussion, this motion ...
News / BY: James A. Wilson, MD October 2008
... for Humanitarian Medicine, 2007. ISBN 987-88-902020-1-7. Hardcover. $30. To order, e-mail  contact@iahm.org . ...