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News January/February 2009
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre has been designated a World Health Organization and ... and low bone density, as well as type 2 diabetes. News BC Women’s Hospital designated “baby friendly” ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, May 2009
... and system­ic problem. The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre Report Card ranked Canada 12th in its assessment of ... [ 2 ] • The proportion of children living in poverty in BC in 2006 was 21.9%, well above the national poverty rate of 15.8%. • BC’s Aboriginal children under the age of 6 living ...
Letters / BY: Bernie Littlejohn, September 2009
... and he has been honored for their development by the BC and Canadian psychiatric associations. He certainly got ... of working for Canfor when a systems group at the Bentall Centre in Vancouver was trying to tell us at the pulp mill, ... took some time for them to learn that they were not at the centre of the world, and we needed to be deeply involved ...
MDs To Be / BY: Gavin Tansley, March 2009
... as the summer comes to a close, the UBC Life Sciences Centre buzzes to life in a frenzy of excitement. The same ... we were unified, not as students, but as members of the BC health care community. At the end of the day I felt like I ... confidently through those large glass doors as an emerging BC health care professional. I am as proud as every member of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marion Thomas, PhD, September 2009
Clinicians in BC today have a unique opportunity to advance patient care. ... advice about patient consent and ethics. Partnering with BC Clinical Genomics Network, physicians in BC are beginning ... Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (C&W) did exactly that when she saw a patient in need ...
Letters / BY: Blanka Jurenka, MD, October 2009
... option of forensic evidence collection is offered by the BC Women’s Sexual Assault Service at VGH emergency, no ... other services for sexual assault patients throughout BC, call 604 875-2183 during office hours. In urgent cases, ... Director, Sexual Assault Service BC Women’s Health Centre Letters Sexual Assault Service ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Craig Martin, MD, September 2009
... investigated further, including consultation with a poison centre if necessary. Emergency room tetanus immunization and ... Workers in the fin-fish and seafood harvest industries in BC must wear personal protective equipment to prevent toxic-spine puncture injuries. In BC waters the sharp spines of dogfish, ratfish, rockfish, and ...
Obituaries / BY: Kenneth R. Thornton, MD, May 2009
... as the medical director at Cedars, a residential treatment centre in Cobble Hill, BC, where he was a staff physician. All of this was delivered ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC November 2009
The BC Lung Association, with support from the BC Ministry of Environment, has developed information on air ... than previously believed. Dr Tom Kosatsky of the BC Centre for Disease Control has analyzed some of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carl Whiteside, MD, March 2009
... To address the medical human resource needs of rural BC, different strategies have been developed based on ... in order to maintain communication between the academic centre and the communities. During these visits, they meet ... along with the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (BC) to arrange a conference in a rural community each year. ...