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News July/August 2022
... The following five family doctors, one from each health region, received this year’s award: Dr Anis Lakha (Vancouver Coastal) Dr Marylu Loewen (Fraser Health) Dr Allison Ferg (Island Health) Dr Linda O’Neill (Interior Health) Dr Jaco Strydom ...
Obituaries / BY: Dan Kalla October 2022
... to augment her practice, including working in public health, screening schoolkids for signs of scoliosis, teaching ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME January/February 2022
... in BC Medical legal issues: Duty to report Mental health: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation ... it is and its current role in treatment of mental health conditions Musculoskeletal conditions: Calcific ... injuries—important management considerations Physician health: Physician Health Program of BC Rehabilitation: Review ...
News April 2022
In April 2020, Health Canada launched Wellness Together Canada in response to a rise in mental health and substance use concerns due to the COVID-19 ... The free, online platform provides 24/7 access to mental health and substance use supports to all Canadians. A free ...
Premise / BY: Renee Fernandez, MD, CCFP June 2022
... as a stopgap emergency measure to meet the immediate health care needs of British Columbians. There was no time ... have resulted in a permanent shift to virtual-enabled health care, accelerating transformation of BC’s health care system faster than we ever imagined possible. As ...
Letters / BY: J.J. Simice, MD September 2022
... June BCMJ reflecting the seriousness of the crisis in our health care system. I have worked as an internist under a ... fight very hard for any improvements across all aspects of health care. Remember reduced-activity days? That was a ... primary care. —J.J. Simice, MD Comox Letters Crisis in health care ...
Obituaries / BY: Richard James, MD December 2022
... where he was instrumental in establishing one of the first health centres in the country (essentially the precursor of the primary care networks that BC health authorities are now trying to establish). He became ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Cheryl Young, MD, CCFP January/February 2022
... for using ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19, health authorities worldwide, including Health Canada, have not authorized such use. Nevertheless, ... and it became apparent in spring and summer 2021 to the Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: barbara findlay, MA, LLB, QC March 2022
Who decides? Minors’ consent to health care AB v CD and EF (2019)[ 5 ] is a case in which AB, ... care providers in providing medical care to minors[ 12 ] Health care providers have two statutory duties under the ... to be capable of making an informed decision about their health care, and they must determine that the proposed ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2022
... I think more about who is going to take care of my future health care needs and what primary care will look like in ... primary care. In that model, money is siphoned away from health care providers into the pockets of businesspeople. By ... accounts, that is a poor use of the public funds used for health care in British Columbia. A lot has been said about a ...