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Letters / BY: Hillary Lawson, MD, September 2006
... the fact that the financial/payer/payee structure of our health care system is similar to that of another country ... familiar with the work of Dr Paul Farmer (Partners in Health,  Pathologies of Power  author, Harvard Infectious ... his descriptions of the Cuban “government monopoly” health care system. No system is perfect, but Cuba’s ...
News December 2006
... play in pandemic planning SARS taught those involved with health care delivery that Canada is sorely unprepared to respond to a major pandemic. The already overburdened health care system has little wiggle room to accommodate a major demand on hospitals and a limited number of health care workers. The government of BC has undertaken a ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD March 2006
... care has changed significantly due to the new regional health authorities. We as physicians need to have a structure in which we can interact effectively with the health authorities, and influence the decisions they make, as ... and more closely involved with the direct provision of health care within their regions. Dr Garg’s committee has ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD June 2006
The global health of Aboriginal people is suboptimal when compared with the health of the general North American population, and many ... treatment for these conditions will only be possible once health care providers, especially those involved in Native ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
... each from the BCMA, the provincial government, and the health authorities) under the agreement effective 1 April ... will be reviewed by the BCMA, the government, and the health authorities by 1 April 2009. No changes can be made to ... for which $4.7 million has been budgeted. • Physician Health Plan (PHP)—a doubling of financial support for the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ralph J. Maddess, PhD May 2006
... of rural British Columbia has a severe shortage of mental health services. The prevailing attitude is that people ... accept lack of funding for the provision of mental health services by qualified professionals. Furthermore, ... away. One of the first attempts to deal with rural mental health issues on a large scale was made in the 1970s when the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Humer, MD, FRCSC, July/August 2006
... people live within the jurisdictions of the Interior Health Authority (IHA) and Northern Health Authority (NHA). The population density for this ... of Thoracic Surgical Care, established by the Ministry of Health with the unanimous support of the BC Section of Chest ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brenda Kosaka, MD November 2006
... the neuropsychologist that they have not shared with other health care providers. Based on the information gathered ... assistance program) at work or through their extended health benefits plan, particularly when there are vocational ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jill Franklin, BA, December 2006
... high self-expectations, comorbid complaints, premorbid health problems, or a history of brain injury are at risk for ... 2005; written communication, J. Stanger, director, Fraser Health Acquired Brain Injury Program, 16 March 2006). Since ... too many people with CPCS slip through the cracks in the health care system. Without family or third-party funding ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC March 2006
... been aware of the environment as a factor affecting human health. More recently, the physical environment has been recognized as one of the determinants of health. In recent decades there has been a substantial ... studies linking environmental factors to effects on human health. Traditional environmental health programs—dealing ...