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Clinical Articles / BY: Jeanine C. Marshall, MD, FRCPC September 2017
... but is not yet in force, despite being passed by the BC legislature in 1993 and amended in 2007. This leaves six ... self-neglect of vulnerable adults. •    Seniors First BC (formerly known as the BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support),  http://bcceas.ca : ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Perminder Bains, MD, FRCPC January/February 2017
... first pacemaker implanted at the National Defence Medical Centre in Ottawa. Thirteen years later when the battery ... medical professionals from RoadSafetyBC[ 35 ] and the 2010 BC Guide in Determining Fitness to Drive,[ 36 ] patients with ... outweigh the risks, MRI scanning may be possible in a centre with expertise in MRI and cardiac electrophysiology. ...
Obituaries / BY: Dan McCarthy, MD September 2017
... son, a sudden and tragic death. Mr Dines served Doctors of BC for more than a decade, first as senior policy analyst in ... of Family Practice. All of the foregoing re-established BC doctors at the centre of patient care, in concert with the Ministry of ...
News June 2017
A team of BC doctors are working to open a multidisciplinary provincial centre for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). ... Gastroenterologist Brian Bressler is leading a team of BC-based gastroenterologists, IBD researchers, and members of ...
News May 2017
... of the new St. Paul’s at the Jim Pattison Medical Centre. The medical centre will be a purpose-built, fully integrated health ... Heart Centre, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and other centres of ...
News / BY: Shannon McDonald, MD October 2017
... of responsibility for First Nations health care in BC from Ottawa to BC First Nations is encouraging, empowering, and a reason to ... therapies. These agencies include the BC Cancer Agency, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, BC Renal Agency, and BC ...
News July/August 2017
Two rural BC physicians and three community organizations in Fort St. ... to rural medical practice by Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc). The physicians were honored for contributions ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM October 2017
... outdoor activity. Approximately 40% of visitors come from BC and a similar proportion from other parts of Canada.[ 1 ] ... by the fact that it is not a reportable illness in BC and laboratory diagnosis can be challenging.[ 3 ] As well, ... birth, and neonatal death.[ 8 ] The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) Public Health Laboratory ...
News / BY: Brent Weiss April 2017
... General Hospital (in a community that only sports a health centre). After many years of playing, Dr Cawkell stepped down ... to meet fellow physicians from near or far throughout BC and beyond and informally exchange knowledge and discuss ... is this fierce but amicable competition. Doctors of BC has supported the event for the past 2 years and looks ...
News November 2017
... team, a partnership between Fraser Health, Doctors of BC, and the White Rock/South Surrey Division of Family ... Transition team at Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre. Together they developed a new model to successfully ... youth to adult diabetes care. In addition, Doctors of BC’s own Clare O’Callaghan, communications manager, was ...