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Letters / BY: Barbara J. Kane, MD, June 2007
... preceding the interactions with them and had been to the hospital on previous occasions. The third had stabbed another ... needed acute psychiatric treatment. BC Children’s Hospital, with its extended waiting list, is not suitable for ... resources for their patients, we would ask them to e-mail my secretary at  emily_moliere@yahoo.com  with general ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2007
... to reflect. I am a dinosaur. I never saw it coming. During my training I remember the limiting of billing numbers that made my classmates and me wonder which small, northern BC ... being in the six figures. I recall nervously applying for hospital privileges, as failure to acquire these would ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Jonathan Fenton, MD, FRCS, December 2007
... WorkSafeBC does not operate an urgent care centre/hospital. If an ur­gent surgical assessment is required, ... from Don Graham: Season's Greatings - and, since this is my last WorkSafeBC page before my retirement, all the best to you--not only in 2008, but ...
Letters / BY: A. Krisman, MD September 2007
I thought my letter-writing days were over, but the headline “BC’s ... (no pun intended). When I began practice at the old Grace Hospital almost 50 years ago (gasp!), the C-section rate ... of question or criticism from peers. In the later years of my practice at Richmond Hospital, when making weekend rounds ...
Editorials / BY: Patricia M. Rebbeck, MB, ChB, FRCSC December 2007
... I hesitated for a nanosecond because I am surely beyond my best-before date. I withdrew from clinical practice some ... medical treatment and medical technology. For instance, in my field, minimal access surgery has reduced trauma to the ... and therefore reduced the time needed recovering in hospital. Besides, it is rather intriguing to do, resembling ...
News / BY: Tara Lyon April 2007
Book reviews Vancouver General Hospital: 100 Years of Care and Service   by Donald Luxton. ... prepare for their final exams, I was taken back to my own days of writing science finals in huge rooms with ... was very impressive. The weak link in this exercise, from my point of view, was the lack of integration of family ...
News July/August 2007
... Am I biased? Probably. I have long admired the work of my Providence Health Care colleague. I have had the privilege ... Richmond Early Childhood Mental Health Program Richmond Hospital, Dept. of Psychiatry 7000 Westminster Highway  ...
ICBC / BY: Martin Ray, MD, June 2007
At 4 p.m. one Friday afternoon, my receptionist asked me to fit in a patient who had been in ... a motor vehicle accident (MVA) that morning. He was at a hospital emergency room where there was a 5-hour wait.  Bob (not his real name) had been my patient for 20 years. He had called earlier, but I was ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pamela S. Lansky, MA, MEd, RCC, April 2007
... crying, Ann’s isolation at home, and her comment that “my daughter is bored with me.” She wondered whether Ann’s ... on the health of the dyadic relationship. Community- and hospital-based early intervention programs have had some ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patty Daly, MD, FRCPC June 2007
... will I know when a pandemic strain of influenza arrives in my area? • What infection control precautions should I take in my office when a pandemic is declared? • Should I provide ... pandemic influenza will not require a physician visit or hospital admission. To ensure appropriate disposition of ...