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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2012
... care for patients. Typically it refers to situations where doctors might hurt patients with inappropriate treatments, ... were 1059 documented severe cases and 56 fatalities in BC.[ 2 ]  Pandemics aside, the seasonal in­flu­enza ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, April 2012
... moderate depression and anxiety. Most family physicians in BC have limited training in the field of mental health care, ... and treating patients with mental health problems. Doctors are compensated for mental health planning and ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... degrees from Simon Fraser University. Mr Seckel became BC’s deputy attorney general in 2003, overseeing the ... non-physician as a leader of the BCMA? There are a lot of doctors on the Board. In fact, last I checked, they’re all doctors. So it’s good, I think, to have another perspective ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2012
... in appreciation of the work they have done on behalf of BC physicians over the years.  There were a few questions ... all play by the rules. Agreements are in place to protect doctors—to ensure everyone is treated fairly and equitably.  The BCMA is committed to representing all doctors in the province in a fair, balanced, and respectful ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC July/August 2012
... of writing there were only 685 medical practitioners in BC authorized to prescribe methadone for analgesia (6.4% of ... pain or palliative care specialists. The paucity of family doctors able to take over care of metha­done prescribing for ... acute care hospitals.  A recent survey of more than 800 BC family physicians explored the barriers to physicians ...
News March 2012
... we felt the need to recognize that approximately 30% of BC’s practising physicians are not, in fact, guys. ... practice of medicine for the better? If you know any Good Doctors, tell us about them! Submissions should be less than 2000 words, and can be submitted to  journal@bcma.bc.ca . News Good Guys column becomes The Good Doctor ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD October 2012
... strike at the very core of what we are trying to be: good doctors. A common response to criticism is to employ defence ... appropriate to work as an emergency physician in one of BC’s busiest emergency departments without the CCFP(EM) ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD November 2012
... have had more specialists show up, and others more family doctors, but there has always been a healthy mix of both.  I ... specialty, and I truly want to understand what that means. Doctors—never shy about ex­pres­sing their views—have ... heard so far is that the number of phy­sicians working in BC is not meeting the needs of physicians or patients. While ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leslie A. Sadownik, MD, MEd, FRCSC, January/February 2012
... with vulvodynia (90%) will seek help from their family doctors.[ 3 ] Women will also seek help from gynecologists, ... they attributed primarily to the failure of both family doctors and specialists to diagnose the condition. Despite ... it is our expectation that a large number of women in BC experiencing vulvovaginal pain are going without ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, January/February 2012
... we released a policy paper, “Enhancing Surgical Care in BC: Improving Perioperative Quality, Efficiency, and ... In July, we released a second policy paper, entitled “Doctors Today and Tomorrow: Planning British Co­lumbia’s ... Canada to treat addiction as a chronic disease.  Family doctors now have access to new guidelines covering screening, ...