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WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP December 2006
... death. • Only one had an identifiable pre-injury mental health history. • Five were known to be suicide risks. • ...
Obituaries / BY: Gavin Stuart, MD, Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine, March 2006
... to 1996 and served a concurrent term as coordinator of the Health Sciences from 1992 to 1995. Along the way, Dr Webber ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amy C. MacArthur, MHSc June 2006
... or interest within the context of a publicly funded health care system. On the basis of these considerations, we ... included a desire to prevent cancer, concern for personal health, and awareness of a family history of cancer. No ... that similar factors, particularly perceptions of personal health, may influence the decision-making process. Such ...
President's Comment October 2006
... school spots, medical advances that have outpaced the health care system’s ability to provide, and a lack of financial and health human resources. The result is that physicians today are under increasing pressure to find health solutions for their chronically ill patients, to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
... and Eva Carlson, both of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The DES is one of the ... aware of the prevalence of dissociativity in mental health patients. It is not hard to understand why, given the ... the long distances from many medical services and mental health care services. Similar studies need to be undertaken ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2006
... with HBV (oral communication, Ameeta Singh, Provincial Health Office, Edmonton, Alberta). Infants born to mothers ... with continued HBV exposure vary between and within health authorities. In some health authorities, the requisition for serology is provided ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Fred Bass, MD, DSc November 2006
... smoking, [3,4]  there would be considerable gain for our health care system if all practitioners systematically ... in operation. We at the Society for Clinical Preventive Health Care urge you to do what many BC physicians have been ... the BC Stop Smoking Program. We have provided provincial health professionals with clinical materials, patient ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Areta B. Wong, BSc, March 2006
... the social and economic status of women, their access to health care, and the effectiveness of a health care system in meeting their needs. [1]  Although ... in past decades, they continue to be an important public health concern, both at the national and provincial level. In ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP May 2006
... to injured workers, their employers, physicians, and other health care providers to develop and implement return-to-work ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Margot Smythe, RN, BSN September 2006
... In November 2004, physician offices in Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health Authorities (health authorities with the highest physician delivery of ...