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Premise / BY: Hugh D. Tildesley, MD September 2005
... Recently the coalition met with the premier, minister of health, and senior ministry staff. The presentations made to ... this country, drug licensing is the responsibility of the Health Protection Branch (HPB). This federal agency is ... safety and efficacy having already been established by the Health Protection Branch. He has concerns about the advice ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD December 2005
... system available. —Don Graham, MD Director, Clinical and Health Care Services WorkSafeBC Letters Re: Measuring the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Paul Dhillon, MBBChBAO, LRCP&SI, EMDM, CCFP, DRCOG, DTM&H(Lon), FRGS March 2005
... residencies threatens the existence of the Canadian health care system in its current form. The question thus arises, can the Canadian health care system be expected to function in another decade ... the importance Canadians place on their family doctor in health care provision was provided by polling results ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Krawciw, MD July/August 2005
... responsibilities should a spill occur. • Monitor the health of anyone exposed to mercury in your office and ... verify proper cleanup. In most cases there will be minimal health risk and minimal office disruption from a small spill. ...
Back Page / BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS October 2005
... certainly an accurate reflection and indication of our health and activities and even our vices. Slowly, carefully, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Eddy, MD May 2005
... for patients, and suicide. [10-12]   • The long-term health effects of chronic sleep deprivation are more ... evidence of poorer gastrointestinal and cardiovascular health as well as increased rates of breast cancer and early ... lack of resources has led some to suggest that BC’s health regions should be responsible for paying very large ...
Clinical Articles / BY: R. Kirk Poulos, MD July/August 2005
... number of CKD cases. [1]  In the Vancouver Island Health Authority, for example, these pressures have resulted ... accruing benefits from lifestyle changes and other general health measures. [2] Examining the interface between primary ... arrangement where family doctors, specialists, and other health care providers (such as dietitians, community nurses, ...
News November 2005
... courage or the endurance of hardship in the promotion of health or the saving of life; or advancing the humanitarian ... to the advancement of medical research, medical education, health care organization or health education of the public; service to the people of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Deirdre Ryan, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC March 2005
... marital instability, young maternal age, and infants with health problems or perceived “difficult” temperaments. ... this is that the care provider may be more focused on the health of the infant and may therefore miss any signs of ...
News June 2005
... time you get the chance. —Quint Studer Quint Studer is a health care management educator. Magee receives Community ... about refusing life support. In British Columbia, the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act says ... of communicating his or her wishes through a debilitating health condition such as a stroke, dementia, or an accident. ...