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WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD May 2009
The following article is reprinted from the September 2008 BC Medical Journal. Please note two important changes—both ... services. Are you an employer or a worker—or both? As a medical service provider, you may wonder if you’re ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC July/August 2009
... were assessed $3000 for investigative costs and had their medical licence on probation for 1 year.[ 4 ] It is not ... With regard to colonic irrigation, there is an interesting article on colon therapy and related quackery on  ...
ICBC / BY: Doug Harrington, July/August 2008
... lawyers can appear to be the driving force behind medical testing or treatment. Some lawyers may view MRIs as ... Using the example of a back injury, I am told by some medical experts that a large percentage of symptom-free ... Counsel, ICBC Litigation Department Disclaimer  This article is intended to provide general information only and ...
Index December 2008
Index includes the title of the article. Asterisk (*) indicates a clinical review article. Back Page (bp), BC Centre for Disease Control (cdc), ... of Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia (lib), Medical student column (bcmd2b), Point•Counterpoint (pcp), ...
Index December 2008
An asterisk (*) indicates a clinical or review article. Letters to the editor (c), Editorials (ed), Back ... In Memoriam (im), Insurance Corporation of BC (icbc), Medical Library Service (mls), Medical Student Column (bcmd2b), Physician Information ...
Letters / BY: Jack Burak, MD November 2008
We refer to the ICBC article in the April 2008 issue of the BC Medical Journal, 2008;50:127, titled “Inquiring minds: ... lawyers and their requests to talk with physicians.” The article states, “There is no obligation on the physician to ...
News&Notes / BY: Mel Petreman, MD, July/August 2008
This is a condensed version of an article that appeared  in the March 1981 issue of the BCMJ. ... most importantly— to increase the pleasures of medical practice…  * * * My group of five general practice ... computer system custom-designed for office practice. With medical practice being a high overhead, small business, ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD April 2008
... papers have published a poorly re­searched or misleading article (e.g., “If the public health authorities wanted to ... to them. —Robert Shepherd, MDCM Victoria Letters Re: Medical reporting in the lay press ...
Letters / BY: H. Davis, MD, June 2008
The purpose of any article is to both inform and to stir debate, and Drs Steven ... ] have taken issue with some of the comments made in my article published in your journal in November 2007 [ BCMJ ... among physiatrists themselves, regarding the role of this medical specialty in the care of people with alleged ...
News September 2008
... Board is pleased to present Mark Fok, a fourth-year medical student at UBC, with the 2007 J.H. MacDermot Prize for Excel­lence in Medical Journalism. This cash award of $1000 is granted annually to the best UBC medical student article of the year. Mr Fok’s winning paper, “Work hours, ...