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Letters / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC July/August 2018
... more efficacious than surgery. The medical profession in BC has made requests to the Minister of Health to consider ... First agenda, there was no concern for residents of BC who could not start a family. While the current NDP ... —Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC Co-Director at the Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine —Jon Havelock, MD ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD June 2018
... with pharmacological options or used on their own. The Centre for Effective Practice in Toronto divides ... aligns with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC’s standards and guidelines for safe prescribing of ...
Editorials / BY: Sharadh Sampath, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... Columbia. When the surgery is done in a high-volume centre with today’s surgical techniques, patients rarely ... of Surgery, University of British Columbia  President, BC Obesity Society Editorials Guest editorial: A ...
Obituaries / BY: William G. Johnston, MB, FRCS July/August 2018
... In 1979, Katie moved with her family to Chilliwack, BC, and soon after she gave birth to her second son, Edward. ... was also proud of Netcare, a multidisciplinary day-care centre for the elderly that she helped to establish. Katie ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Nancy Falconer, September 2018
Pregnant women in some BC communities can face fragmented and siloed perinatal care, ... network—one that puts patients’ needs at the centre while improving the working environment and ... work of the GPSC, the Rural Coordination Centre of BC, and Perinatal Services BC. Called the Maternity Network, ...
News March 2018
The new Urgent Care Centre at BC Women’s Hospital is the only one of its kind ... who arrive for triage, assessment, and admissions to BC Women’s Hospital. The new facility provides care to ...
News October 2018
Researchers at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and Simon Fraser University, in partnership with the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katherine A. Blood, MD, PhD January/February 2018
... cancer—the number one cancer diagnosed in women in BC.[ 1 ] The majority of breast cancers are thought to occur ... population.[ 1 ] The Hereditary Cancer Program (HCP) at BC Cancer accepts physician or self-referrals for hereditary ... to the High-Risk Clinic at the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre. The clinic is run by a nurse practitioner and a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD October 2018
... sharply rising number of deaths related to fentanyl led BC’s provincial health officer to declare an “opioid ... therapy for the management of opioid use disorder in BC.[ 2 ] Suboxone prescribing resource A resource designed to ... Use Disorder [ 2 ] published by the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use and the BC Ministry of Health, as ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD May 2018
... Division of Family Practice and the Rural Coordinating Centre of BC, both of which are funded through Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. Several ongoing projects arose ...