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MDs To Be /
BY: Pamela Verma, BSc,
November 2011
... have the influence in policy decisions that can affect health care delivery. What role has the Federation played ... Full-service family doctor, global advocate for women’s health, and mother ...
News
March 2011
Vancouver Coastal Health’s Bridge Clinic is the first stop for most of the ... and provides culturally sensitive preventive and primary health care to individuals and families starting new lives in ... communicable and tropical diseases. They receive primary health care, including screening for and treatment of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Richard T. Lester, MD,
June 2011
Using wireless mobile communication technology to aid health services delivery (m-health) is a rapidly emerging concept around the world. Last ... with their cell phones.[ 2 ] Not to be confused with e-health (electronic management of health information and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bonnie Wiese, MD, MA, FRCPC
September 2011
Depression is the most common mental health problem in the elderly[ 1 ] and is associated with a ... poor sleep and poor appetite; and preoccupation with health problems. Depression in the elderly is associated with ... financial crisis). • Chronic stress caused by declining health, family, or marital problems. • Social isolation. ...
News
October 2011
... up dispensation of the painkillers in Canada. World Health Organization (WHO) standards define strong opioids as ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Brendan Abbott,
December 2011
... right referral resource for your patient? The Community Healthcare and Resource Directory (CHARD) is a multi-year ... and their teams with information on specialists, allied health practitioners, and community health services and programs to help ensure that patients are ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
January/February 2011
... Physicians of Canada, Dietitians of Canada, and Community Health Nurses Canada recommend the adoption of the World Health Organization growth charts in Canada to replace the ... training materials have been developed for public health staff and primary care physicians to support the ...
President's Comment /
BY: Ian Gillespie, MD
April 2011
... saw registers at 110 dB. When we engage in safety and health promotion activities, there are always some who ... promoters, that ignore this serious hazard to public health. Peter Rabinowitz, MD, from Yale states that, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kevin Farrell, MBChB,
July/August 2011
... Collaborative Perinatal Project (NCCP)5 and the Child Health and Education (CHES),6 have used certain clinical ...
News
September 2011
... were presented as part of a general report on Canadian health care, in which the Organisation for Economic ... and Development (OECD) provides a wide range of health care statistics collected from its member countries. ... per 1000 population. This is despite a high level of health expenditures—Canada ranks sixth among OECD countries ...