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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: K. Pielak, RN, MSN May 2005
... against vaccine-preventable disease. The BC Ministry of Health Services, in partnership with the BC Centre for Disease Control and provincial health authorities, are pleased to provide information about ... all children 18 to 48 months of age who present at public health clinics or family physician offices will be offered ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gregory M.F. Ganz, MD, CM, FRCPC July/August 2005
... for guidelines The impact of chronic kidney disease on health is significant. In addition to the morbidity of ... from the Kidney Foundation of Canada and BC Ministry of Health. Current literature was reviewed, including guidelines ... illness and the time required to deal with their multiple health issues. Despite this lack of financial support, there ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP November 2005
... program provided at only the Langley location of Columbia Health Centre. The goals of the program are to maximize the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Aleina Tweed, MSc March 2005
... presenting with severe influenza-like illness. Public health should be notified of any concerns. The cornerstone of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC June 2005
... across the province through physician’s offices, public health clinics, and through outreach in gay bars and clubs. ... the publicly funded immunization program from the local health department where you normally pick up vaccines. This ... Gustafson, MD, FRCPC P. Daly, MD, FRCPC Vancouver Coastal Health Authority   Suggested reading National Advisory ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia M. Rebbeck, MB, ChB, FRCSC September 2005
... to the patients. [4]  It would set two standards of health care for Canadians, which we would rightly reject. ...
Letters / BY: Anthony Kenyon, MB April 2005
... card. It has the vital statistics of the patient and a health care number. A photograph is being added to avoid ... is paid within 48 hours. It is the intention of the French health care services to develop this carte vitale into ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD July/August 2005
... government has been threatening to proclaim the Alberta Health Care Plan for the past year. I suspect they have been ... Major that “Access to a waiting list is not access to health care” is an incisive indictment and should be carved ... Will some of the provinces decide to challenge the Canada Health Act (CHA) themselves rather than be faced with a host ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha Lou Donnelly, MD, CCFP, FRCPC November 2005
... meaningless event, making it essential for both family and health care team members to carefully assess the nature and ... surgery, but in the meantime to have a member of the health care team regularly assess the patient’s voiding ... easily monitored for effectiveness. The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority’s Geriatric Psychiatry Education Program ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD January/February 2005
... supplements (calcium and vitamin D) and exercise for bone health.” According to the MSP/BCMA clinical practice ... recent statement of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care published in the  Canadian Medical Association ... and calcium for our older patients anyway, surely precious health care dollars would be better spent on other needs ...