Clinical Articles /
BY: Joan Fujiwara, MD
April 2004
... required for documentation and collection of evidence. [1] A team can ensure that comprehensive, consistent medical ... retribution, guilt, or lack of knowledge of their rights. [1,3] Some delay seeking medical care. Male victims are less likely to report than females. [1,4] The youth may feel that he or she contributed in some ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC
November 2004
Type 1 diabetes (T1D, previously called insulin-dependent or ... of the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. [1] While T1D affects males and females equally, there are ... (using 1990 American data) is estimated at 0.19%, or about 1 in 500 children aged 0 to 19 years. [3] This corresponds ...
Editorials /
BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC
June 2004
... interest as part of the solution to health care problems. [1] The boom in telehealth and health informatics research ... Embedding technologies into health practices, Part 1: Technology-enabled health applications ...
Letters /
BY: Miguel Imperial, MD
December 2004
... web site listing Physicians Accepting New Patients. [1] During clinical clerkships, I had often directed ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Christine E. Jarchow, MSW
March 2004
The Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Abuse and Neglect [1] estimates that 135 573 child maltreatment investigations ... ahead of sexual abuse (10%) as causes for investigation,1 there are reasons why so many sexual abuse concerns are ... • 3 FTE social workers • 0.9 FTE nurse • 1 FTE psychologist • 0.2 FTE pyschiatrist • 2 FTE ...
Editorials /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
September 2004
... all enjoyed Canada Day. What a great country! —JAW 1 July 2004 Editorials Fates and musings ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Martin Pusic, MD
June 2004
... referred to as clinical decision support systems or CDSS. [1] The types of CDSS available are as broad as human ... a clinician solicits advice from the CDSS. [1] The two most famous examples are the MYCIN and QMR ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
November 2004
... of Asian ethnicity with unusually high fish consumption. [1] They recommended physicians providing care for young ... has been well documented. [4-6] The BC Medical Journal [1] and a review article [7] listed the various sources of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2004
... of on-reserve newborn aboriginal children effective 1 June 2003. To evaluate the impact of this decision, the ... active TB within the last 5 years. All children born after 1 June 2003 in these communities will be offered TST at 10 ... that BCG has in effect already been discontinued. As of 1 June 2003 divisional policy now reflects reality. Bacille ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2004
... and follow the standard concentric circle approach. [1] Extensive amounts of information are collected as a ...