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Letters / BY: Lloyd Westby, MD September 2005
I am writing in response to Dr Jack Burak’s excellent article from April 2005 entitled, “BC’s technologically ... been my least concerning challenge. At the outset, Wolf Medical Systems, the software vendor, assured me that the ... my earning power at the same time. The latest versions of medical voice recognition software systems are so slick that ...
Back Page / BY: Jonathan Down, MBBS, MHSc, DCH, FRCPC June 2005
... I have changed the way I practise. When I graduated from medical school in 1975, I knew nothing about fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Indeed, the seminal article by Smith and Jones describing the features of FAS had ... the part of the brain required for self-regulation. In a medical report, I would term this “inhibition of socially ...
Editorials / BY: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC November 2005
... who can afford them. This situation continues. The first article in this issue shows how the differential diagnosis of ... presentation and the judicious management of multiple medical problems of critical importance. Neuropathological ... themselves and to receive timely assistance when needed. Medical practice in 2005 requires skill in managing chronic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Todd Cherniak, LLB September 2005
See counterpoint to this article Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is presently used ... action. This is because, while there may be important medical benefits that might flow from the MRI’s findings, ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB November 2005
... money can buy are essential to maintain the quality of our medical practice. Most of us operate a private office and ... at the level we would like, nor can we finance continuing medical education, new technology, and sustain a modern ... for Policy Alternatives Health Reform Working Group in an article targeting so-called overpaid doctors. How would the ...
Premise / BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC October 2005
... developments by Canadian doctors. The pride we can take in medical research developments is eroded by the floundering in ... One of these ideas recurs frequently, for example in the article “More MDs: The solution to wait times.” [3] ... to do what should have been done is unacceptable. In an article in the  Globe and Mail  of 29 March 2005 about the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marina Leichner, RN January/February 2005
... ill patient for a period just long enough to achieve medical stability, since longer hospitalizations may result ... are ready for intensive treatment or until they reach a medical crisis that requires involuntary admission. The ... Program, for her advice and input on writing this article. Competing interests None declared.  Table 1. The ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Nelson Ames, MD April 2005
In place of the regular article by the Environmental Health Committee, I have asked ... with a psychiatrist from the UK who was in charge of medical triage. Having lost my glasses, I was paired with an ... for the next life-shaping experience. —Nelson Ames, MD Medical Health Officer, Kootenays Council on Health Promotion ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Fred Bass, MD, DSc October 2005
... 19th century. The time has come to introduce into primary medical care a staff person who would do for medical care what the dental hygienist has been doing ... is worth continuing. Even though you will read this article after September 17, your thoughts and suggestions on ...
Letters / BY: Michael Goldberger, MD November 2005
... sad state of family medicine in British Columbia. The article truly reflects the atmosphere of quiet resignation ... medication compliance, fewer physician visits, and lower medical costs among the general population. An article in the  Annals of Internal Medicine  in July 2005 ...