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News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS December 2005
... of the Therapeutics Initiative, the work of some BC physicians, and several Pharmacare initiatives. Mr ... is an invaluable assortment of tangible history from BC and Western Canada. Dr Chung’s donation is a generous ... member and past chair of the Vancouver Chinese Cultural Centre; a member of Canadian Multiculturalism Council ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jorge L. Pinzon, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, FSAM January/February 2005
... participatory one involving the patient and family. At the BC’s Children’s Hospital (BCCH) Eating Disorders Program ... or oral phosphate salts may be administered; at our centre we use oral Phosphate Sandoz (500 mg twice a day). ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Laura MacDougall, MSc June 2005
... in a mobile home on a large rural property in southern BC. Two years earlier, the mobile home had been infested with ... back to 1959. In Canada, HPS was first recognized in BC in 1994 as a result of active surveillance; subsequent ... and all specimens must be transported to the BC Centre for Disease Control laboratory according to Transport ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Aleina Tweed, MSc March 2005
... in a pandemic. [1] Preparation and prevention The BC Centre for Disease Control has coordinated the development of the BC Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan, which provides ...
President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD June 2005
... the release of the BCMA’s document  Specialty Care in BC—A System in Distress , which gave government a failing ... crisis in full-service family practice has been front and centre for the past 8 months. I have found the Professional ... be sent out to referendum for approval or rejection by all BC family physicians. I have attended the conferences ...
Interviews / BY: Michael Golbey, MD September 2005
BC Medical Journal: Can you tell me about one of your career ... my desk. Once a week I admit patients to our local detox centre for which our group of four GPs provide medical ... who have made huge contributions to organized medicine in BC, and I wanted to be sure I could live up to that. But ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS March 2005
... from the time the blood component leaves the blood centre until the component is issued for transfusion. • ... lose or misplace your T4A, you can e-mail  benefits@bcma.bc.ca  to request a replacement. The amount of taxable ... at 604 736-2961. You can also e-mail us at  benefits@bcma.bc.ca  for a copy. Please note that in addition to financial ...
News January/February 2005
... e-mail Ms Brenna Inthavixay (604 638-2849 or toll free in BC at 1 800 665-2262 ext. 2849, e-mail  binthavixay@bcma.bc.ca ) if you have any questions about your classification. ... Cibere, a research scientist with the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada and rheumatologist and post-doctoral fellow ...
Letters / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD May 2005
... colleagues  (BCMJ 2004;9:472)  in his report from the BC Centre for Disease Control, has expressed his concern that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marina Leichner, RN January/February 2005
... and family frustrated and angry. Today’s approach at BC’s Children’s Hospital (BCCH) is patient-centred and ... as chest pain, dizziness, or fainting. Although in our centre all admissions are preplanned, smaller community ... establish a therapeutic alliance. Physicians throughout BC are encouraged to contact the Eating Disorders Program ...