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Clinical Articles / BY: Jean-François Kozak, PhD, March 2013
... the number of disabled veterans requiring skilled, ongoing medical care after 1945 led to the creation of the nursing ... patients with dementia.  The issue concludes with an article by Dr Kow and Ms Carr and Ms Whytock that outlines ...
News January/February 2013
... members, and was chosen as the $250 grand prize winner. Medical student writers should also keep in mind the  $1000 ... , awarded annually to the best full-length med student article published in our print edition. Congratulations Mr ...
MDs To Be / BY: Joanne Bleackley, BSc, October 2013
... to participate in chart reviews is one that plagues many medical students. Is it simply a way to boost your CV in ... chart reviews. But when reading each distinguished article in a respected paper, I wonder if anyone thinks about ... in more ways than simply providing them with a published article with which to adorn their resume. The process of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tyler W. Smith, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2013
... panel costs $292.09 per patient in BC, based on the 2012 Medical Service Plan laboratory fee schedule), the assays are ... at VGH during the study period (based on unpublished BC Medical Service Plan data from 2008), whereas tests for ... Jason Pal for producing the three figures used in this article. Background:  Given the lack of agreement in the ...
News December 2013
An article published by the University of Calgary School of ... differing across the provinces and territories. The article, entitled “The Challenge of Defining Medicare ... in Canada,” states that decisions about whether a medical treatment is termed necessary or unnecessary are ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM July/August 2013
... fact can come as quite a surprise to caregivers, including medical staff. Consequently, patients at the end stages of ... recognized terminal illnesses are. An eye-opening article by Dr Susan Mitchell in the  New England Journal of ...
Letters / BY: Ernst Schneider, July/August 2013
In a recent article in the British Columbia Medical Journal I learned that Health Canada now licenses ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sophia Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2013
... and congenital hypo­thyroidism are common terms in our medical lexicon. We are well versed in their clinical ... Mr Matt Allard and Dr Ramesh Saeedi for reviewing the article. Competing interests None declared. ABSTRACT: With a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kathleen Eddy, BSc, January/February 2013
... Objective data concerning the appropriateness of medical imaging tests have rarely been published. A widely ... quoted by Picano in a 2004  British Medical Journal  article focused on radiation exposure.[ 7 ] The references ... of CT scanning are high in the United States, but neither article discusses an appropriate or inappropriate rate of any ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Martha J. Ignaszewski, March 2013
... revolved around children in need.  Throughout his life, medical practice in Poland, and in evacuation centres in ... first pieces while still at school.  During Korczak’s medical studies at the University of Warsaw, beginning in ... social, and cultural rights of the child.”[ 9 ] This article has been peer reviewed by the  BCMJ  Editorial ...