Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lauri McCoy MD, CFPC
January/February 2015
... When we think about the diagnosis of dementia, as medical doctors we generally think of a neurocognitive degenerative ... available in various languages on the Alzheimer Society of BC’s website ( ...
News
June 2015
... and innovation that represent the host of happenings at Doctors of BC over the past year. The stories are brief—on topics from ... to the full financial statements); and reports from all Doctors of BC committees in the White Report. The 2014–15 ...
President's Comment /
BY: Charles Webb, MBChB
October 2015
... One we have all taken. Each year in early September, Doctors of BC has the privilege of joining the Canadian Medical ... Day by the students. Serving as an introduction to Doctors of BC, this event begins a relationship that will ...
News
December 2015
... errors is available in the Resource Centre section of the Doctors of BC website ( ... as it evolves. If you have any general questions about the Doctors of BC Guide to Fees, contact Ms Lea Harth at 604 ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2015
Many BC doctors are familiar with the antihistamine with the brand ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Brad Fritz, MD
September 2015
The 50th anniversary of the BC Medical Plan, the first government-funded medical care ... any government was prepared to do so, the then-BCMA (now Doctors of BC) was at the forefront of establishing prepaid ... it law at least in part due to furious opposition from BC doctors and the British Columbia Medical Association (BCMA). ...
News /
BY: Goldis Mitra, MD, CCFP
January/February 2015
The Resident Doctors of British Columbia (formerly the Professional ... health care system. Currently there are over 1200 resident doctors working across BC. We are a diverse group of trainees with varied ...
News
September 2015
... Federation and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. News Doctors of BC Excellence in Health award winners ...
Physician Spotlight /
BY: J. Pawlovich, MD
July/August 2015
... most beloved pastime of all, general surgery. The young doctors collaborated on many vexing cases and supported one ... would have it, an aging Dr Harry Cannon of Abbotsford, BC, was advertising for a replacement GP surgeon. JP ... for gynecological procedures. When he arrived back in BC he would be the only physician in the Fraser Valley ...
News
October 2015
... has named a street after Dr Aruna Thakur of Burnaby, BC. Dr Thakur’s patients organized a campaign to have a ... Dr Thakur became aware of how much responsibility family doctors were taking for their patients’ psychiatric health. When Dr Thakur moved to BC in 2012 she chose to practise at the Central Park Medical ...