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Obituaries / BY: Robert Hill, BMBCh June 2010
... in professional associations, becoming president of the BC Pediatric Society, president of the Can­adian Pediatric ... American Academy of Pediatrics and was president of the BC chapter of the Academy for many years. He served on many ... Foundation and a member of the Medical Legal Society of BC.  Mike was a first-class pediatrician, as well respected ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD October 2010
... of the assessment patients receive when they present in BC hospital emergency departments after traumatic brain ...
Premise / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, January/February 2010
... 2300 years ago in the time of Hippocrates (~460–370 BC). He believed that existence was represented by the four ...
News May 2010
... with another 1000.  Referrals are accepted from across BC; most areas have interviewers able to visit individual ...
News September 2010
...   District #3  Duncan Etches  detches@cw.bc.ca   District #3  Lloyd Oppel  lloyd_oppel@telus.net   ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Erik T. Paterson, MD November 2010
... Initiating and bringing the public campaign against BC Hydro’s Kootenay Diversion Project to a successful ... or mail it (BCMJ 115-1665 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6J 5A4). E-mail journal@bcma.bc.ca . E-mail us and we’ll send you a blank MS Word ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD March 2010
... practice is quickly be­coming a solid cornerstone of BC’s health care system that provides fair compensation for ... designed to help improve the specialist care system in BC and to enhance specialist physician compensation, ... these initiatives to improve specialty care in BC over the next several years.  —Brian Brodie, MD BCMA ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2010
... and regulatory structures can be put into place. As yet BC does not regulate PAs, although the government has ... fold. Where would PAs fit into the health care system in BC? A number of demonstration projects have shown that PAs ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Hawkeswood, MD, October 2010
... OA patients (physician referral is required).[ 28 ]  The BC Ministry of Health Services web site provides other ...
News December 2010
... partners to fight breast cancer. Over the past 4 years BC has increased spending on screening mammography by $5.48 ... Program since 2001 to $23.5 million.  Although BC has the lowest incidence of breast cancer in the country ... survival outcomes for women who do get breast cancer, 2800 BC women were diagnosed with the disease in 2009. News New ...