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Clinical Articles / BY: Patty Daly, MD, FRCPC June 2007
... traveler, this can be discussed with a local medical health officer.   Future plans to monitor arrival of pandemic influenza  The World Health Organization manages a worldwide laboratory system for ... were to arise with these characteristics, the World Health Organization would monitor its evolution and declare a ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Basil Boulton, MD October 2007
Progress toward creating a Bill of Health Care Rights for British Columbian children and youth. ... first provincial medical association to develop a Bill of Health Care Rights for Children and Youth. The Child and Youth Health Committee first introduced the concept to the Council ...
News December 2007
The BC Physician Health Program (PHP) has been helping physicians and their ... who are experiencing problems with their psychosocial health, the inappropriate use of substances, or a physical ... and managing partner of a Toronto-based occupational health consulting firm, and has served as the corporate ...
ICBC / BY: Martin Ray, MD, January/February 2007
... who has a general practice and specializes in mental health care, recently asked me to clarify ICBC’s ... Unlike WorkSafeBC, ICBC is not exempt from the Canada Health Act. In appropriate situations, an out-of-pocket tort ... Program. An ICBC rehabilitation coordinator will work with health care providers to help the patient make the transition ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Teresa Marie Kope, MD, FRCPC May 2007
... of some important clinical issues in infant mental health. Clinicians discussed  the conceptual basis of ... contributions from both parent and child to infant mental health, paying attention to the unique characteristics of each relational partner. Infant mental health is clearly a multidisciplinary field. The broad range ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP September 2007
... 1 January 2008, WorkSafeBC will implement new Occupational Health and Safety Regulation guidelines to minimize health care workers’ potential occupational exposure to ... with blood or other body fluid is a major concern for health care workers because of the potential for acquiring ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD November 2007
... toiling for many years exclusively in the publicly funded health care system and totally unaware of what keeps business ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: J.L. Benedet, MD, FRCS, April 2007
... in all manner of things. Enjoy your retirement in good health with Melanie and your family at what you have ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD June 2007
Here are some of the issues and solutions to health care problems the Council on Health Promotion (COHP) has developed over the past 50 years: ... legislation, mandatory infant car seats, seniors’ health issues, healthy living initiatives, childhood obesity ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mario McKenna, MSc, September 2007
... has depended on IMG physicians to aid in the delivery of health care throughout the country. A scarcity of physicians ... established that IMG physicians form an integral part of health care delivery within Canada, there is limited ... ranks occupied by IMG psychiatrists. Using the World Health Organization world directory of medical schools as a ...