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Clinical Articles / BY: Cristina M. Aydin, BSc, October 2006
... reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease. [6] Given the health benefits of improved glycemic control, the goal of ...
News / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2006
... program. This includes developing a basic and emergency health care program for the games and the doping control ... a school-based pilot project to deal with mental health issues affecting youth. He is a recipient of the CMA ... and currently serves as chair of the BCMA Council on Health Promotion’s Child and Youth Health committee. Dr ...
Letters / BY: Mark MacKenzie, MD, CCFP(EM), May 2006
... large. The symbiotic nature of these two emerging public health issues has the potential for a true “perfect ...
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 ...