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Clinical Articles / BY: Robert Ferrari, MD, FRCPC July/August 2002
... [15]  and 58% in Norway [16] ) that provide the greatest health care and economic burden, and facet joint studies are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Clugston, MD, FRCSC, FACS April 2002
... or any time thereafter, providing the patient’s overall health is appropriate. Skin-sparing mastectomy is a major ... to provide an information base for both the public and health care communities ( ...
Clinical Articles / BY: E. Jane Garland, MD, FRCPC November 2002
... delusions including themes of poverty and poor health. Poor self-esteem and themes of guilt are less ... of multiple losses (of relationships, independence, health, comforts, activities) is a function of advancing age. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Burton H. Goldstein, DMD, MS, FRCDC June 2002
... masticatory muscle tender sites, greater utilization of health care and medications, higher levels of somatization, ... surgery are usually inappropriate for TMD. [18] Summary Health care professionals now recognize advances in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul C. Adams, MD March 2002
... directors of insurance companies (Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Annual Meeting 2001) about ... the United States and Canada. In the meantime, many public health authorities are still unconvinced that there is a need ... and patients of hemochromatosis, leading to a preventive health strategy for high-risk groups. The highest risk group ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Ellen Anderson, MD October 2002
... a focused, in-depth interview by an experienced mental health clinician. For busy physicians, an ideal test would be ... self-report version of the PRIME-MD, called the  Patient Health Questionnaire  (PHQ) has been made available. [6] ... Dr Michalak is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Wyeth Ayerst Canada Postdoctoral Research ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2002
... one of the most persistent problems confronting Canadian health care. [1-3]  British Columbia is no exception, with ... referral centres, including Greater Vancouver, the Capital Health Region, as well as Courtenay/Comox, Cranbrook, ... issues include things such as satisfaction with health, housing, finances, relationships, recreation, and ...
Letters / BY: Natasha Press, MD, FRCPC December 2002
... Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care, to evaluate patients presenting with dysplastic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Roey M. Malleson, MBBS, DFFP, MHSC January/February 2002
... for more than 25 years, studies continue to indicate that health professionals do not routinely counsel about EC, and ... offices. Planned Parenthood clinics, some student health services, and youth clinics have emergency ... recent randomized controlled trial conducted by the World Health Organization demonstrated that effectiveness of ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson July/August 2002
... to the 2000 report  To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System  from the US Institute of Medicine. The ... second report in 2001,  Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century , that described means of ... In the UK, the 1999 report from the Department of Health,  Supporting Doctors, Protecting Patients , addressed ...