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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2009
... The kind of attitude I am talking about is that of our health care providers, technicians, and support workers. I ... and various assessments. My patient works in the health care field and he is a reasonable, noncomplaining kind ... their job, but shouldn’t there be more?  I realize that health care providers working in areas such as emergency ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS January/February 2009
... for the Preferred or Elite class, you must be in very good health and lead a low-risk lifestyle, and your term life ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD April 2009
... The BCMA has been a strong and recognized advocate for the health of patients for decades. Through our two standing committees—the Council on Health Promotion and the Council on Health Econ­omics and Policy—numerous programs and policy ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD June 2009
... issues that I would like to highlight--the incredible health toll of smoking in our current population and the ... destruction that if unchecked will diminish the health of future generations. We have organic vegetables, ... are committed to reducing, reusing, and recycling. Within health care there have been efforts by many groups to enhance ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD September 2009
... you up to date on the current activities of the Council on Health Promotion, which just celebrated its 51st year. Second ... clinical issues related to children and youth mental health. And last is an invitation to join us in a blood drive ... Gary Randhawa and his legacy. COHP The BCMA’s Council on Health Promotion (COHP) has dedicated itself to promoting ...
Letters / BY: Jeremy Smith, December 2009
... initiatives, and through efforts to enable personal health records which are held by the patients themselves.  ... in future editions of the BCMJ. While much of the health care system remains in silos, I think Dr Courtemanche ...
News March 2009
As of this month, patients need a referral from a health care professional for all Red Cross loans of basic ... safer when using equipment that has been prescribed by a health care professional. Many patient safety advocacy groups ... a written referral when sending patients to the Red Cross Health Equipment Loan Program for basic equipment. In some ...
News May 2009
... according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The World Health Organization reports that there are around 500 000 ...
Letters / BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC July/August 2009
... physicians to the recently posted documents on the Public Health Agency of Canada web site, “Interim ... Guidance—Infection Prevention and Control Measures for Health Care Workers in Ambulatory Care Facilities for Human ... . The BC Ministry of Health Services is not planning at this time to follow the ...
Obituaries / BY: S. William A. Gunn, FRCSC, October 2009
... Institute, where he worked under Penfield; the World Health Organization, where he was member of the Neurological ...