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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2009
... best practices and supply distribution are guided by the BC Harm Reduction Strategies and Services (HRSS) committee. It is composed of representatives from the five BC regional health authorities, BC Centre for Disease Control, BC Ministry of Healthy Living and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... no direction is given concerning proper use or storage. In BC, tap water principally originates from surface water. ... 3 ] Adverse water quality notification is mandatory. BC’s Drinking Water Protection Act requires municipalities ... Committee —Sophie Verhille, PhD National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Council on Health Promotion ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kyle D. Burns, MD, FRCPC, June 2009
... Paul’s Hospital, a tertiary care facility in Vancouver, BC. Thirty-eight patients were selected for the study. All ... reflects the awareness of delirium and its impact in our centre. The factors most strongly associated with delirium ... memory im­pairment and seizures. All patients at our centre who are considered to be at risk of withdrawal are put ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2009
13 May 2009 Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver The 2009 BCMA Annual General Meeting ... recipients, thanked all members for their donations to the BC Medical Foundation’s Benevolent Fund, stating it was ... three key areas At his address over lunch at the Wall Centre Hotel, new BCMA president Dr Brian Brodie gave a ...
News / BY: Ciara Chamberlain, MSc, October 2009
On 8 September 2009 at the beautiful Life Sciences Centre, UBC celebrated the release of the first issue of ... as well as faculty members and special guests from the BC medical community. The  UBCMJ  landed in the national ...
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 ...