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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, September 2009
... is set to launch across the province this fall. The mental health module—much more clinically oriented than other PSP ... assistants, all of whom are on the front line of mental health care in BC. “Family physicians screen, diagnose, and treat about 85% of the province’s mental health patients and the issues are often complicated,” says ...
News November 2009
... fear can be avoided. Isolation • What if my visits with health care professionals and friends decrease? • Will I ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2009
... references below. Additional materials will be provided to health care provi­ders in BC as this product is introduced. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, May 2009
... Canada ranks below average in the areas of children’s health and safety, risky behaviors, subjective well-being, ... 3 ] The UK, Sweden, and Ireland have addressed the health inequity in their population, thereby reducing child poverty rates. How do we address the health inequity in the BC population? Perhaps we must resort ...
Editorials / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD July/August 2009
... population is cared for under a private, and expensive, health care system; another 30% or so have access to a public ... conversation that left me appreciating, once again, our health care system and our ability to give care to all ... we all are to live in Canada.  —LML Editorials Two health care systems ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, October 2009
... tabled its seventh annual report with the Ministry of Health Services (MOHS) last month, highlighting many ... for physicians. “Family doctors are the backbone of our health system,” Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon commented when ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... determinations of resistance would be prudent. Public health surveillance for poststreptococcal complications such ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD May 2009
... return-to-work rehabilitation, wage-loss compensation, health care benefits, and a range of other services. Are you ... proprietor. He operates his business independent of any health care organization and doesn’t employ workers. Is the ... that exists as a business enterprise, independent of any health care organization. The practice is run by Dr Wong and ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2009
... acknowledged the presence of assistant deputy ministers of health, Dr Stephen Brown and Ms Sheila Taylor, with whom the ... for the Association, especially in regard to delivery of health care in the province. The BCMA has received global ... collaborative efforts of the BCMA/GPSC and the Ministry of Health Services. He in­formed members that the Association ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC November 2009
... has developed information on air pollution and health for BC physicians. The materials are available at the ... for more information on the impacts of air pollution on health. The primer gives information on the health effects of air pollution, common air pollutants and ...