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Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... 12 ] In Canada, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care issues breast cancer screening guidelines for ... of primarily family physicians who receive funding from Health Canada via the Public Health Agency of Canada. Patients and experts on breast ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: David F. Schaeffer, MD, FRCPC July/August 2023
... Inc., Pfizer, Merck, Diaceutics, Astellas, and Satisfai Health Inc. Dr Telford received sessional payments as a ...
Letters / BY: Rod Densmore, MD December 2023
... I worked in Kamloops for 15 years at the Urban Aboriginal Health Centre. Many of my patients had attended that school. ... Reconciliation Commission of Canada (#33 and #34) are also health related, even though they are captured under the ... our attention to [ Box ]. Calls #33 and #34 mean we as health care providers need to identify, diagnose, and ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Carol-Anne Vallée, MD May 2023
... abortion in 1988, abortion has been regulated as a normal health service through standards set by clinical guidelines, facility accreditation, and health professional licensing. Abortion is a normal component of usual reproductive health care and is a publicly funded service. It is a common ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD June 2023
... of self from emotions when dealing with patients, health care professionals may find it difficult to access ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Farhad Ghaseminejad, MSc June 2023
... and enabling understanding between parties. Within health care, professional interpreters can both provide ... into the interpreter’s role. Within BC, the Provincial Health Services Authority offers Provincial Language ... on-site interpreting (available only for Lower Mainland health authorities), virtual health visit interpreting, ...
Premise / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC September 2023
... a family physician in British Columbia, the Ministry of Health announced the Longitudinal Family Physician Payment ... more tests and increasing referrals. The Ministry of Health announced the new Longitudinal Family Physician ... in predicting their annual compensation, the Ministry of Health has provided a compensation calculator.[ 1 ] Table 2 ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Lisa Jeffery, MD November 2023
Background The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a ... subsequent unprecedented lockdown restrictions and public health interventions that varied widely, even between health authorities within the same province. The pandemic had ...
Back Page / BY: Tej K. Khalsa, MD, MSc, FRCPC January/February 2023
... that discrimination is associated with negative mental health outcomes, including hopelessness. To quote Dr David R. ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME July/August 2023
... as long as the referral is for the injury, mental health condition, or occupational disease accepted on the ... guide for these codes ( www.worksafebc.com/en/resources/health-care-providers/guides/how-to-bill-fee-code-19911-19912 ... a psychiatrist to see your WorkSafeBC patient for a mental health condition through a community referral, expedited or ...