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Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2013
... Protection Act by six plaintiffs: the Cambie Surgery Centre, three children, and two cancer patients. The 2005 ... corporations expedite their care. Similar legislation in BC has been passed and awaits only proclamation to become ... sector is more cost effective than the public system. BC experience confirms this.  In a Newfoundland government ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Morgan Price, MD, PhD, CCFP, December 2013
... announced A GP for Me to improve primary care in BC. Its goals are to confirm and strengthen the relationship ... finding local solutions to local challenges. A number of BC communities are now actively exploring ways to meet the ... The first initiative, a multidisciplinary community health centre in the Cowichan Valley, was considered an effective ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce Fleming, MD May 2013
... program is delivered in communities throughout BC, at UBC’s Vancouver campus, and at campuses in Prince ... stakeholders in many communities. Clinicians through­out BC have stepped forward to train our medical students in the ... time Chil­­liwack was already established as a teaching centre for postgraduate trainees in the Family Medicine ...
News July/August 2013
... electronic hepatitis C resources is now available from the BC Centre for Disease Control to help people affected by the ...
News November 2013
... of their fellow citizens in the province. This year three BC physicians were presented with the honor: Drs Finley ... Columbia and establishing the Breast Health Fellowship at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre.  Dr Gordon has worked with the BC Women’s ...
News January/February 2013
... across Canada to participate. The Vaccine Evaluation Centre at the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children’s Hospital is recruiting 3609 participants from BC. Girls participating in the study will complete an annual ...
News April 2013
... are: •    Dr Xuesen Dong, Vancouver Pros­tate Centre. Dr Dong’s research fo­cus is androgen receptor ... •    Dr Anthony Joshua, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto. Dr Joshua’s research focus is exploiting ... , or read our  BCMJ  blog post on Movember . News BC researcher wins prostate cancer research grant ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Debra A. Kent, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT January/February 2013
Each year, over 25 000 poisonings are reported to the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) and nearly half of these involve children. In ... materials and resources are available by contacting the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at www.dpic.org . ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, May 2013
... several global jurisdictions over the past two decades. In BC, the recent numbers are alarming. In 2012 the rate was the ... adults. The most recent congenital syphilis diagnosed in BC was in 2009. Neurosyphilis, however—which can lead to ... is 604 707-5606.  — Richard T. Lester, MD, FRCPC BC Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Chelsea Haines, RN, BScN, November 2013
... is a collaborative project of the Ministry of Health, BC Centre for Disease Control, regional health authorities, and ... and the public, along with tools to make it easier for BC families to get immunized.  British Columbians rely on ...