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MDs To Be / BY: Laura Budd, BMSc, January/February 2013
... both quantitative and qualitative communication barriers.[ 7 , 8 ] Social media has the potential to help alleviate ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Gordon Hoag, MD September 2013
... enables one full-time equivalent psychiatrist to assess 6.7 times as many new patients and conduct 553 more follow-up ...
Letters / BY: Ralph Jones, MD April 2013
... —Ralph Jones, MBChB BCMA Board of Directors District 7 (Chilliwack) Letters BCMA Board member responds ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM July/August 2013
... concurrent illnesses, and bur­densome interventions (40.7%) in­clud­ing parenteral therapy, hospitalization, tube ... 6-month mortality for patients who had pneumonia was 46.7%, febrile episode was 44.5%, and eating problems was 38.6%. ... their will, consider end-of-life advanced directives,[ 7 ] and communicate with their family practitioner, friends, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gary Mazowita, MD, March 2013
... recognized as a potential modifier of recommendations.[ 7 , 8 ] Such sanctioned “permissiveness” is most often ...
News&Notes / BY: W. James Corbett, MD, November 2013
... with temperatures often reaching -45°F. On the evening of 7 November, Lil began to feel labor pains and asked Frank to ...
Letters / BY: Beth Watt, MD May 2013
... away from taking work home in the evenings, being on 24/7 call, and working in solo practices—these practices are ...
News January/February 2013
Patients in Canada face a median wait of 17.7 weeks for surgical and other therapeutic treatments, down ... 1993 to 14 weeks in 1999. This year’s median wait of 17.7 weeks is 91% longer than in 1993.  The Waiting Your Turn ... at www.fraserinstitute.org . News Average surgical wait 17.7 weeks in Canada ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Zamil Karim, MD, FRCPC, October 2013
... used in combination with other immunosuppressant agents.[ 7 ] Concomitant use of steroids with other immunosuppressant ... agents is also associated with increased mortality.[ 7 ] Other important concerns include cosmetic and ...
Letters / BY: Robert G. Holmes, MD April 2013
... since he came to Merritt in 1980 and, yes, he does work 7 days a week, as I did when I was in the saddle.  This ...