Interviews /
BY: Joanne Jablkowski
September 2014
Born in Port Alice, BC, Dr Bill Cavers received his medical degree from the ... Victoria for the past 34 years. Dr Cavers has worked with Doctors of BC in many capacities since his involvement with ... it. That's also shaped my career and my involvement with Doctors of BC. What personal traits have helped you most in ...
Billing Tips
November 2014
... the degree of documentation within a medical record. The Doctors of BC Guide to Fees and the MSC Payment Schedule define the ...
Obituaries /
BY: Dorothy Woodhouse, MD,
July/August 2014
... of his life, and as newlyweds they moved to Vanderhoof, BC, to experience real medicine. Next they moved to Edmonton ... BC Medical Journal Editorial Board, and was chair of the Doctors of BC (then BCMA) Museum and Archives Committee from ... history led him to write over 40 papers on the history of doctors, institutions, organizations, and medical practice in ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
March 2014
... Columbia to help create a physical activity strategy for BC. There are many voices present vying for priority at this ... help with this task, based on Exercise is Medicine Canada, Doctors of BC has produced exercise prescription pads in ... better quality of life and general overall well-being. As doctors we ought to be role models for our patients who need ...
Letters /
BY: C. Eve Rotem, MD,
July/August 2014
... and that decision should become accepted practice. Many doctors agree with these ideas in theory but nevertheless are ... has been started in the April and May issues of the BC Medical Journal and that is an important first step. I ... ]; we need to make it a general discussion for all doctors and as many people as possible. The time of treating ...
News
April 2014
The BC Medical Journal is pleased to announce Ms Laura Budd as ... Ms Budd wrote the article while participating in the Doctors of BC medical student intern program in the summer of 2012. She ...
News
June 2014
Funding from the provincial government and Doctors of BC will support Selkirk College to launch a new 3-year ... Issues, a partnership between the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC. The committee develops programs that ...
News
November 2014
... service to the medical profession through participation in Doctors of BC. • Provided leadership to the broader medical ... and other political activities in support of health care. Doctors of BC members may nominate a member in good standing ...
Letters /
BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2014
... I have also been involved in a number of legal cases in BC that have to do with the right-to-die issue. I have been ... Suddenly. There is a theme to these comments. Prominent doctors who have answered the Proust questionnaire all want ... their favorite pastimes. What I find fascinating is that doctors frequently see exactly the opposite types of death, ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Michael A Benusic, UBC Medical Class of 2014,
June 2014
... the push for mandatory health impact assessments in BC. A proposed new coal transfer facility at the Fraser ... by law to be performed for major industrial projects in BC, was performed for the Fraser Surrey Docks terminal and ... UBC Medical Class of 2014 Environmental Health Committee, Doctors of BC Council on Health Promotion Mandatory health ...