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News / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla March 2008
... wise. …” • Dr Frank Turnbull, in 1925—“When the doctors of BC were debating whether they should secede from the CMA and ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD July/August 2008
... the government and the health authorities and the BCMA and doctors. Although the doctors of BC currently have a good relationship with government—one ...
News / BY: Michael Myckatyn, MD, September 2008
... sole function of the MMES and indeed its mission, is “doctors helping doctors through continuing medical education.”  This ... Myckatyn, c/o 101–7380 West­minster Highway, Richmond, BC V6X 1A1. See you at the next meeting! — Michael ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD May 2008
... become a politically important item—at least here in BC where the current government has increased the size of the ... medical school will eventually graduate two-thirds of the doctors this province requires yearly just to keep up with ... world also finds itself doctor-deficient, and Irish doctors, British doctors, and South African doctors are no ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert W. Armstrong, MD, PhD, FRCPC, September 2008
The BC government has fund­ed a provincial medical school linked ... system during the last 30 years.  They are not unique to BC, as demonstrated by recent calls for broad educational ... complex organizations. Little training is given to equip doctors for this, and the difficulty that many consequently ...
Letters / BY: Barbara J. Kane, MD, November 2008
... of the patients, but be­cause the Community Living BC system is so unfriendly, unwieldy, and difficult to work ... but also for the patients, their families, other doctors, and other caregivers. The recommendations in the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD September 2008
... active shareholders. Is either doctor an employer? No, the doctors are not employers, but the incorporated practice in ... care organization. She shares an office with five other doctors who jointly fund operating expenses, including the ... apply: • You must register with WorkSafe­BC. • Once registered, you’re required to report your ...
ICBC / BY: Doug Harrington, July/August 2008
... with the idea of writing about MRIs for an audience of doctors. However, I believe this discomfort arises from an ... the lawyer’s request that an MRI be obtained. The BC College of Physicians and Surgeons may have considered ... with some level of medical input. The College requires doctors to “consider the medical necessity” in requesting ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG April 2008
... to do. And since the BCMJ is a journal produced by the doctors of BC for the doctors of BC, the lighter side of practice is reflected in ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2008
... with gymnastics associations. I became president of the BC Gymnastics Association and was on the board of Sport BC. I ... Because that’s really the case. I recently read How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman, and he says what you really ... its capacity to resolve issues and disputes between the doctors and the Province. I’d like to see medicine be a ...