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Letters / BY: Frances Rosenberg, MD, September 2012
I read with interest the article “Prescri­bing second-generation antipsychotic ... of the BCALP Tariff Committee, I can assure you that the Medical Services Plan would not consider this an adequate ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, November 2012
... regions due to operational and management silos in the medical system. In his 2008 editorial, Nick Goodwin[ 1 ] ... at the network level, with little or no in­volvement of medical professionals.  In contrast, the work underway in BC ... PhD Executive Lead, Divisions of Family Practice This article is the opinion of the GPSC and has not been peer ...
Letters / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC January/February 2012
... data set does not represent the population targeted in my article. I believe just the opposite is true as the HIM ... “normal aging” but a disease condition worthy of medical attention.[ 9 ] As an analogy, would Dr Tevaarwerk ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ronette Haboosheh, MSc, RAUD, RHIP, May 2012
... loss diagnostic or treatment services, please contact a medical advisor in your nearest WorkSafeBC office. For worker ... RAUD, Aud(C), Occupational Audiologist, WorkSafeBC This article is the opinion of WorkSafeBC and has not been peer ...
News October 2012
The  British Columbia Medical Journal  is pleased to announce that Mr Andrew ... the J.H. MacDermot Prize for 2011. The  BCMJ  welcomes article submissions from student authors, and each year awards a prize of $1000 for the best article written by a medical student in the pro­vince of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2012
... . —Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM  Medical Director, Immunization Programs and Vaccine ... Diseases Service  BC Centre for Disease Control This article is the opinion of the BC Centre for Disease Control ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP January/February 2012
... about this initiative in the BCMA E-news and in the  BC Medical Journal .  Let’s increase the activity level of BC ... MD, Chair,  Athletics and Recreation Committee This article is the opinion of the Council on Health Promotion and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Craig Martin, MD, December 2012
... X-ray group. Asbestosis claimants already re­ceive a medical exam, including a chest X-ray, every 2 years. We hope ... at 604 276-3317. —Craig Martin, MD WorkSafeBC Senior Medical Advisor, Evidence-Based Practice Group —Celina ... of Client Services, Occupational Disease Services   This article is the opinion of WorkSafeBC and has not been peer ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2012
... hard to provide patients and their families with the best medical treatments possible based on medical evidence and the patient’s clinical situation. And ... MD Chair, Geriatrics and Palliative Care Committee This article is the opinion of the Council on Health Promotion and ...
Premise / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, October 2012
... and Risk Assessment Clinic project (British Columbia Medical Journal[ 1 ]) have to be recognized, and none of the ... between 60 to 69 years is 3.45%[ 4 ] and, as per the article’s example of a Gail Risk Score,[ 5 ] the average ... give away all their worldly goods and embrace penury.) The article notes that in the next decade, for women, obesity may ...