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Letters / BY: Hugh H. Macartney, MB, FRCP, March 2011
The [WorkSafeBC] article “Evidence-based treatment of chronic pain” ... The authors appear to be unaware that there are medical journals that deal specifically with pain and its ... review does not appear to be available. I would give this article a failing grade. —Hugh H. Macartney, MB Victoria ...
Editorials / BY: Kevin Farrell, MBChB, July/August 2011
... of Emergency Medicine and members of the British Columbia Medical Association’s Section of Pediatrics in the ... the family doctor and emergency physician.  In the first article, we discuss febrile seizures, the most common ... can be used as a guide to management.  In the second article, we propose an approach to establishing whether an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC November 2011
... can be provided for carefully selected patients under medical supervision and with informed consent.[ 10 ] There ... and/or consulting for Solvay, Abbott, and Organon. This article has been peer reviewed. Testosterone deficiency in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, March 2011
Although all provincial jurisdictions in Canada hold medical practitioners responsible for determining whether ... for screening and assessment of older drivers in a medical office, only level III evidence was found, and the ... be on the road. Competing interests None declared. This article has been peer reviewed. Even though it has prov­ed ...
Letters / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD April 2011
I enjoyed Dan Small’s article entitled “An anthropological examination of an ... tattarattat woke me up. Your rotavator stirred up many medical sagas and loads of BS: my medical colleagues sometimes could be “drab as a fool, ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS October 2011
... access to a wide breadth of evidence-based resources for medical care. Each provides a comprehensive search platform ... offers clinical decision support through online access to medical textbooks, journals, practice guidelines, and patient ... —Robert Melrose —Judy Neill Library Co-Managers This article is the opinion of the Library of the College of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC January/February 2011
... STOP HIV/AIDS Pilot Project in BC (STOP AIDS).[ 5 ] This article provides considerations for clinicians throughout BC ... adequate pretest counseling that, as with any other medical intervention, they have the opportunity to refuse ...
Letters / BY: Peter Uhlmann, MD, May 2011
... and I strongly agree with the points outlined in the article. I feel I was fortunate to complete a rotating ... general practice medicine to provide me with a proper “medical” foundation. I would never have even considered psychiatry from my brief medical school experience. Perhaps the current matching ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, November 2011
... Services Com­mittee (GPSC) is a collaboration of the BC Medical Association and the BC Ministry of Health. The ... PhD Executive Lead, Divisions of Family Practice This article is the opinion of the GPSC and has not been peer ...
News&Notes / BY: Paul M. Gelpke, MB, FRCPE, FACC, December 2011
... died from a logging accident when he was 2 weeks old. This article has been peer reviewed. News&Notes Special Feature: A snowy medical adventure ...