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Editorials / BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD July/August 2002
... package—as well as that of the nurses, the HEU, and health care spending in general—threatened one day to ... Most people believe that some clarification of the Canada Health Act is necessary. It was never meant to provide all ... for anything that has a vague sniff of having to do with health care (unless it is something that they do not need, ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Goldberger, MD April 2002
... by the government, relegated to the sidelines of the health care battlefield, and stripped of our ability to earn ... anger and outrage at corporate BCMA or the Ministry of Health is a natural reaction, though somewhat akin to ... me to reflect deeply on the nature and direction of our health care system. At the time of initial diagnosis, his ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Agnes To, MD November 2002
... disorder (MDD) is a common problem in the primary health care setting. The recognition of depression requires a ... which may include certification under the Mental Health Act. Establish a therapeutic alliance As with any ... psychiatric clinics at hospitals or community mental health centres. • Changeways, a best-practices, group-based ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2002
... Association reference book  Herbs: Everyday Reference for Health Professionals . During the SOGC meetings we examined ... convince our patients to improve their diets? The Nurses Health Study showed an 83% reduction in coronary events in ... reading Chandler F (ed). Herbs: Everyday Reference for Health Professionals. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Medical ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD March 2002
... and pony show at the recent first minister’s meeting on health care here in Vancouver was more entertaining than ... they were anything less than  la première étoiles  of health care and maintained their customary separateness ... initiative and its recommendations will not influence health care funding decisions of the so-called have ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson October 2002
... increasingly. In September, I become the head of the Health Sciences and Osler Libraries at McGill University in ... and collaborative spirit of BC and Pacific Northwest health librarians that has made much happen in these 11 ... would reflect the benefits that MLS provides to health care in BC. Because their doctors use MLS, the ...
Letters / BY: Ron De Marchi, MD May 2002
... this settlement be used more wisely and with the future of health care in mind. It is now no secret that the trend for ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2002
... that he would spearhead a challenge to the Canada Health Act as the first step in partially privatizing the delivery of health care in Canada. There have been a number of ... fund medicare and is planning a challenge to the Canada Health Act. Mr Klein made this announcement at a press ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD July/August 2002
So where do we go from here? The current duo of health ministers have come to realize that they are as unable to control the economic drivers of health care costs as the past six or seven incumbents. I’m ... new economic advisers. However, the two new ministers of health had been given a mandate to not only manage the ...
Letters April 2002
... of choice for all women in the area of reproductive health. —Catherine Clelland, MD  Treasurer, Planned ...