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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 ...