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Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP November 2000
... centre. The communities studied were from British Columbia Health Regions located outside the Lower Mainland and ... Cariboo, North West, Peace Liard, and Northern Interior health regions.[ 13-15 ] Communities lacking a hospital or ... This is because Aboriginal people, per capita, have more health problems—both physical and psychosocial—than ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2000
Rabies—A public health emergency Any possible human exposure to rabies ... possible unless the carcass is clearly putrid. The local health unit or one of the Animal Health District Offices of the Canadian Food Inspection ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert T. Morrison, MD, FRCPC July/August 2000
... by measurements of bone mineral density (BMD) using World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. They sought to determine ... at another ethnic group of patients using a different health-care system and in a clinical practice setting to see ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC March 2000
... years of age and older, and certain persons with chronic health problems be vaccinated yearly against influenza.[ 1 ] ... developed countries, also recommends immunization for health-care workers.[ 1 , 2 ] A distinct recommendation to health-care workers has been made yearly by NACI since 1986, ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... in microbiology, anesthesia, and surgery to improve the health of the symptomatic.  By the mid-19th century, ... been implicated in a decrease in compliance and positive health behaviors.  Not being able to see what goes on in the ...
Blog / BY: Stephen Routledge, MPH
... to manage pain. The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS) PCA Safety Checklist is a free ... engage patients and their families as partners in their health. Patients are encouraged to ask the following five ... and Executive Director  Physician-Patient Alliance for Health and Safety Blog Three resources to prevent medical ...
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Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... the reason that diagnoses are so important is that our health care system relies on them as wide-ranging indicators predicting, for example, health care attention requirements, preferred selection of ... S. Overdiagnosed: Making people sick in the pursuit of health. Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press; 2011. Blog ...
... Advisory Committee Primary Care Division | BC Ministry of Health Chase Simms, MPH ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... provided a gentle but significant opportunity to offer health-related guidance to the whole family.  Hardly anyone ... July 2023. www.cpsbc.ca/files/pdf/PSG-Virtual-Care.pdf . Health Quality BC. What matters to you. Accessed 26 July ... . Health Quality BC. What matters to you (brochure for ...