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News December 2010
... the BC Cancer Agen­cy wants you to be part of the largest health research project in Canadian history.  The BC ... regardless of whether they are healthy or have health problems or disabilities, and regardless of where in ... a questionnaire. News Participants sought for landmark health study ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Diana June King, March 2010
... Some couldn’t accept the role of private labs in the health care system, others found Don’s drive abrasive, and ... as well.” Within medicine and science his focus was on health care providers, health care consumers, and medical students.  He was an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Douglas Cochrane MD, FRCSC, June 2010
... complications account for a significant portion of our health burden.  During the 2007–2008 fiscal year, 119926 ... an additional 19 914 patient days available to address health system needs.  Despite public outcries and efforts to ... or wrong-site operations persist.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized the impact of unsafe ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erica Frank, MD, September 2010
... While we have recently documented the relatively good health and personal health practices of Canadian physicians collectively, no one has considered data on the physical and mental health or personal health practices of physicians in BC.  ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) November 2010
... considerations for individuals, but are also major public health concerns.  Visitor numbers are expected to be very ...
News January/February 2010
... of this joint committee of the BCMA and the BC Ministry of Health Services.  Visit  www.gpscbc.ca  to learn more ...
Obituaries / BY: M. Graham Clay, MD, April 2010
... and the government were developed in meetings between the health minister and the executive director of the BCMA, with ...
Obituaries / BY: Robert Hill, BMBCh June 2010
... un­believable sequence of medical problems affecting the health of his family, and finally his own health. It was impressive to see the fortitude he showed in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Hawkeswood, MD, October 2010
... treatments rather than on passive therapies delivered by health professionals. Subsequently emphasis should be placed ... improvements in function, quality of life, and mental health were found in patients with both hip and knee OA, ... 27 ]  In British Columbia, the Vancouver Coastal Health Osteoar­thri­tis Service Integration System (OASIS) ...
Letters / BY: Gwen Isaacs, MD, December 2010
... to perform screening colonoscopies, and our provincial health plan does not cover that procedure anyway. I was ... developing colon cancer.  In­stead of wasting limited health care re­sources on studies of the usefulness of ... the incidence of this cancer and would be a huge saving of health care dollars that would have been spent on the care of ...