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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. ...
News October 2009
In September three BC physicians received the Order of BC in Victoria. Geneticist and health researcher  Dr Michael ... disabling and devastating diseases. He has built a leading centre for genetics research in Canada, cofounded three ...
News / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD March 2009
... Cambon, MD, CM. Vancouver, Vancouver Desktop Publishing Centre Ltd., 2008. ISBN 978-0-9694983-1-5. Paperback, 536 ... for an autobiography to over 600 female physicians in BC between 1999 and 2000. Approximately 160 re­­plies were ... few of the earliest ones are compiled from the archives of BC history. The stories are divided by decade from 1893 to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Neal Shahidi, January/February 2008
... vaccination with a four-dose schedule of PCV7.[ 2 ] In BC a universal infant immunization program that was ... at age 2, 4, 6, and 12 to 15 months.[ 3 ]  In addition, BC authorities continued to offer PPV23 to all persons older ... in BC and has been monitored by the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) since 1999. Invasive ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lori d’Agincourt-Canning, MSc, MA, PhD, December 2008
... periodically, families living in rural and remote areas of BC frequently do not receive the potential benefit of ... K, et al. Cancer Risk Assessment and Follow-up in BC Rural Communities: Needs Assessment and Educational Tools. ... require ongoing training support from the tertiary care centre.[ 16 ] As well as providing evidence that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... 84 patients with soft tissue sarcomas were referred to the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA). Considering there are 111 family ... 5 ] less than 1% of family practice physicians in BC will encoun­ter a malignant soft tissue sarcoma each ... interventions prior to referral to a multidisciplinary centre have inferior outcomes.[ 1 - 4 ]  A multidisciplinary ...