2007 Author Index
INDEX TO BRITISH COLUMBIA MEDICAL JOURNAL VOLUME 49: JANUARY–DECEMBER 2007
Index includes the title of the article. Asterisk (*) indicates a clinical review article. Back Page (bp), BC Centre for Disease Control (cdc), Editorials (ed), correspondence (c), Council on Health Promotion (cohp), opinions (op), General Practice Services Committee (gpsc), Good Guys (gg), In Memoriam (im), Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (icbc), Library of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia (lib), Medical student column (bcmd2b), Point•Counterpoint (pcp), Practice Pearls (pp), Premise (op), Pulsimeter (pu), Special Feature (sf), and WorkSafeBC (wsbc) items are noted by abbreviations. Location of article is by issue number followed by beginning page number.
Albrecht J: Dr Reginald Robert Harper (im) 7:397
Allen M: The glory of sleep deprivation (c) 9:474
Allison G: CPRSP and CME entitlement (pu) 9:508
Andrade J: Exercise and the heart: A review of the early studies, in memory of Dr R.S. Paffenbarger* 10:540
Andrews G: Coronary computed tomographic angiography in British Columbia: A review* 2:78
Anonymous: Physician, heal thyself (op) 1:14
Appleton G: My goals: Unity, relevance, and stability (op) 6:297; From 0 to 60 right out of the gate (op) 7:353; EMR program update (pu) 7:373; October musings (op) 8:422; The BCMA responds (c) 9:475; What the new Physician Master Agreement means to you (op) 9:476; Allocation: Looking for a better way (op) 10:533
Arkinstall WW: Failure in Canada’s medical system (c) 6:296
Arneja S: An approach to critical thinking for health care professionals (op) 10:547
Asante KO: Book review: Living with FASD—A Guide for Parents 1:32
Avery G: Important developments in the Subsidiary Agreement for Physicians in Rural Practice (gpsc) 8:426
Beck L: Where family medicine and law connect (op) 9:498
Benedet JL: David Allen: Physician, friend, and truly good guy (gg) 3:143; Drs Gowd, Henniger, and Royle: Three gold medal vintages from the Okanagan (bp) 5:286
Best ML: Early recognition of infant mental health concerns* 3:121
Bigham M: Protecting the blood supply from West Nile Virus—BC update, 2007 (pu) 7:370
Blank M: Posttraumatic stress disorder in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers* 3:133
Boulding R: Acute pediatric psychiatry (c) 5:231
Boulton B: Each of us was once a child (cohp) 8:449
Braid S: Pharmacare and insurance plans (pu) 2:85; New insurance certificates arriving soon (pu) 2:88; Pregnant BC physicians take note (pu) 3:148; Home insurance: know your limits (pu) 4:204; Mobile auto insurance road service (pu) 5:273; Fall insurance tour (pu) 6:328; HBTF, MOBP: What does it all mean? (pu) 6:328; Insurance Q&A—Coming to a city near you (pu) 7:372; Reduce your tax burden—Enroll in the BCMA Core-Plus Plan (pu) 7:372; Commercial office insurance—Know your limits! (pu) 9:505; Future insurance option (pu) 10:534; Wondering where your 2006 life insurance refund is? (pu) 10:534
Brasfield C: Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* 6:320
Brookstone A: EMR web site (pu) 10: 536
Brown CY: Vitamins and history (c) 9:473
Bryce G: Dr Kenneth Cambon (im) 8:452
Buxton JA: The latest on hepatitis C infection in BC (cdc) 8:447
Cadario B: Controversies in drug safety (cdc) 3:112
Callaghan R: Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001–2005* 7:382
Caron N: Fostering the growth of the Aboriginal physician population (cohp) 10:576
Chipperfield KM: Guidelines for frozen plasma transfusion* 6:311; Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* 8:441
Cimolai N: Sweet success? Honey as a topical wound dressing* 2:64
Clendenning L: We’re back (lib) 1:16; Information @ point of care (lib) 3:148; Putting Google in its place (lib) 5:277; PIER on PDA: Just another acronymic phrase? (lib) 7:352; Information for patients (lib) 9:508
Cohen IM: Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* 6:320
Cook M: Dr Annette Elisabeth Hacking (im) 5:271
Cook V: Tuberculosis and TNF-a inhibitors—Dangerous liaisons? (cdc) 2:60
Copes R: Go green: 10 steps to an eco-friendly office (cohp) 9:501
Corrado R: Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* 6:320
Corry E: Quick, effective tool for addressing smoking cessation (pu) 8:451
Craven N: ACR has value (c) 2:57
Culter JR: Re: Pharmacist prescribing (c) 5:228
Dalal BI: Go green: 10 steps to an eco-friendly office (cohp) 9:501
Daly P: Introduction to pandemic influenza* 5:240; Pandemic influenza and physician offices* 5:263
Davis H: Traumatic brain injury and iatrogenic morbidity* 9:495
Day B: Divided we stand, divided we fall (ed) 3:105; Book review: Vancouver General Hospital: 100 Years of Care and Service 3:144; Dr Hugh Standfield Miller (im) 4:207
Dehghani N: Choking prevention (pu) 9:504
Draper J: First BCMJ cruise conference goes swimmingly (bp) 3:162; Dr Geoff Appleton, BCMA President 2007–2008—Setting our house in order (op) 7:359; Old issues bog down meeting (op) 7:377
Droubatchevskaia N: Guidelines for frozen plasma transfusion* 6:311; Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* 8:441
Dufton JA: A comparison of diabetic complications and health care utilization in diabetic patients with and without comorbid depression* 8:436
Elwood RK: Tuberculosis and TNF-a inhibitors—Dangerous liaisons? (cdc) 2:60
Essak Z: Transparency and Board function (c) 9:474
Evans GM: Taking our water supply for granted (cohp) 2:62
Faulkner S: CME credits and reality (c) 6:296
Fehlau B: Honey: No longer last line? (c) 6:300
Fenster HN: Reported complications of tension-free vaginal tape procedures: A review* 9:490
Ferguson DJ: Guidelines for frozen plasma transfusion* 6:311; Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* 8:441
Fleming B: Factors influencing career choices made by medical students, residents, and practising physicians* 9:482
Fok MC: Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* 7:387
Forster BB: Coronary computed tomographic angiography in British Columbia: A review* 2:78
Foster LT: New birth body length and head circumference charts for the British Columbia population* 2:72
Fraser GC: Led by the nose (bp) 1:46; Ring their necks (bp) 4:218; Having piles (bp) 9:522
Frohlich JJ: Lack of benefit in treating homocysteine levels with vitamins* 1:20
Galanis E: Cryptococcus gattii in BC: Update on an emerging disease (cdc) 7:374
Ganesan S: Academic and educational role of international medical graduate psychiatrists in British Columbia* 7:393
Garg A: The governance and representation dilemma (pu) 2:85
Germain S: Go green: 10 steps to an eco-friendly office (cohp) 9:501
Gilbert M: Recommended use of point-of-care HIV tests (cdc) 4:177
Gill A: ICBC—Auto insurance and more (icbc) 2:61; ICBC offers free access to the ODG web site (icbc) 10:552
Gillespie I: Pandemic preparedness exercise (pu) 3:146; Emergency planning and posttraumatic stress disorder (cohp) 7:376
Goresky G: Dr Michael Foster Smith (im) 10: 553
Graham D: Updates from WorkSafeBC (wsbc) 1:17, 3:111; Assessment and treatment services for injured workers with head injuries (wsbc) 2:96; WorkSafeBC’s approach to gradual-onset soft tissue disorders (wsbc) 4:176; Medical advisors—Your WorkSafeBC resource (wsbc) 5:276; Hyperbaric chamber safety (wsbc) 6:305; Preventing occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other biohazardous materials (wsbc) 7:367; What’s Up, Doc?: WorkSafeBC/UBC 8th Annual Conference (wsbc) 8:448; Referrals for expedited consultations (wsbc) 9:479; Pop goes the elbow (wsbc) 10:550
Growe G: Protecting the blood supply from West Nile Virus—BC update, 2007 (pu) 7:370
Gustafson R: Introduction to pandemic influenza* 5:240; Pandemic influenza: Public health measures* 5:254
Haigh SE: BC: the land of substandard diabetes care? (ed) 2:56; TDF (trendy diagnosis fatigue) (ed) 9:471
Hasselback P: BC first to implement new Air Quality Health Index (cohp) 4:208
Heilbron B: Coronary computed tomographic angiography in British Columbia: A review* 2:78
Henderson B: Speaking of crime (c) 9:472; Financial discrimination (c) 10:534
Henderson C: Dr Ronald Douglas Ellis (im) 7:398
Hendry K: Private insurance is no answer (c) 7:356
Henry B: Prevention of bites is key to summer safety in BC (cdc) 6:303
Hoang L: Cryptococcus gattii in BC: Update on an emerging disease (cdc) 7:374
Hughes B: Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* 7:387
Ignaszewski A: Lack of benefit in treating homocysteine levels with vitamins* 1:20; Exercise and the heart: A review of the early studies, in memory of Dr R.S. Paffenbarger* 10:540
Isserow S: Coronary computed tomographic angiography in British Columbia: A review* 2:78
Jones R: UK state pensions (c) 7:357
Kallstrom L: Practice support update from General Practice Services Committee (gpsc) 9:509
Kane B: Acute pediatric psychiatry (c) 5:231
Kavanagh-Gray D: Dr Kenneth Berry (im) 1:18
Kendall PRW: New birth body length and head circumference charts for the British Columbia population* 2:72; Pandemic influenza—A primer for physicians* 5:236; Introduction to pandemic influenza* 5:240; Dr John Blatherwick—An appreciation (gg) 10:578
Kierans WJ: New birth body length and head circumference charts for the British Columbia population* 2:72
Knell E: Book review: Facing Death, Embracing Life: Understanding What Dying People Want (pu) 6:327
Ko HH: Factors influencing career choices made by medical students, residents, and practising physicians* 9:482
Koehoorn M: A comparison of diabetic complications and health care utilization in diabetic patients with and without comorbid depression* 8:436
Kope T: Infant mental health, Part 1: Clinical concerns* 3:114; Attachment: Clinical perspectives* 3:116; Infant mental health, Part 2: Interventions for some clinical disorders* 4:180; Attachment disorders* 4:187
Krajden M: Pandemic influenza: Laboratory diagnosis* 5:245; The latest on hepatitis C infection in BC (cdc) 8:447
Krisman A: No skilled practitioners (c) 7:357
Lansky PS: Infant mental health, Part 1: Clinical concerns* 3:114; Toward comprehensive treatment for postpartum depressed mothers and their infants* 3:126; Infant mental health, Part 2: Interventions for some clinical disorders* 4:180;
Lawson LM: Pharmacare: Please note mountain of evidence supporting LABAs (ed) 6:294;
Lee L: The antenatal record has been revised (pu) 7:369
Lee R: Dr Michael Foster Smith (im) 10: 553
Lee TK: Factors influencing career choices made by medical students, residents, and practising physicians* 9:482
Lentz T: Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001–2005* 7:382
Leung Y: Factors influencing career choices made by medical students, residents, and practising physicians* 9:482
Levin A: ACR has value (c) 2:57
Ley RG: Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* 6:320
Li M: Cryptococcus gattii in BC: Update on an emerging disease (cdc) 7:374
Li WW: A comparison of diabetic complications and health care utilization in diabetic patients with and without comorbid depression* 8:436
Liston RM: New birth body length and head circumference charts for the British Columbia population* 2:72
Love M: Tools for addictions care: A community learning perspective (bcmd2b) 1:26
Lu J: Physicians and the health authorities: Key partners in an influenza pandemic* 5:258
Ludemann JP: Choking prevention (pu) 9:504
Lynskey J: Contesting the arbitration award (c) 5:229
Lyon T: Obesity coaching and support (pu) 1:33; Rural procedures manual (pu) 3:145;
Macartney HH: Re: Pharmacist prescribing (c) 5:228
MacDiarmid M: Mentors of the next generation of physicians (op) 1:11; You can’t keep a good doctor down (op) 2:59;
Every day is a gift (op) 4:175; BCMA president reponds (c) 5:229; Leaving with mixed feelings (op) 5:232
MacDonald A: SMP gets new look (pu) 8:427
MacDonell K: We’re back (lib) 1:16; Information @ point of care (lib) 3:148; Putting Google in its place (lib) 5:277; PIER on PDA: Just another acronymic phrase? (lib) 7:352; Information for patients (lib) 9:508
MacDougall L: Cryptococcus gattii in BC: Update on an emerging disease (cdc) 7:374
MacKay L: Health cooperatives in BC: The unmet potential (bcmd2b) 3:139
Mackie B: 50 years and going strong (cohp) 5:275
Mackie C: Physicians and the health authorities: Key partners in an influenza pandemic* 5:258
Mackie O: Go green: 10 steps to an eco-friendly office (cohp) 9:501
Malthouse S: Our foe: The fixed idea (c) 7:358
Manning R: Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001–2005* 7:382
Matsuba K: Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001–2005* 7:382
Matthews M: Dr Simon Marinker (im) 5:270
Maxwell S: Pharmaceutical disposal (pu) 3:147
McCracken J: Guide to drive: Feedback please (pu) 10:536
McDonnell CE: Dr A.W. Mooney (im) 10:553
McDowell T: Alternative medicine debate (c) 9:473
McKenna M: Academic and educational role of international medical graduate psychiatrists in British Columbia* 7:393
Menzies N: Dr Cecile Nanette Menzies (im) 8:452
Merchant RN: Dr Allan & New West Surgical Journal Club (c) 6:300
Miller WC: Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* 7:387
Mok H: Self-report of use of traditional Chinese medicine by patients attending a cross-cultural psychiatry outpatient clinic* 2:68
Morrant C: Dr James E. Miles (im) 1:18
Morshed M: Prevention of bites is key to summer safety in BC (cdc) 6:303
Myers MF: Book review: A Doctor’s Calling: A matter of conscience (pu) 9:504
Naus M: Seeking efficiencies in immunization programs in British Columbia (cdc) 9:478
Neill J: We’re back (lib) 1:16; Information @ point of care (lib) 3:148; Putting Google in its place (lib) 5:277; PIER on PDA: Just another acronymic phrase? (lib) 7:352; Information for patients (lib) 9:508
Nightingale P: Medical women mothers’ meeting (pu) 8:425
Oberlander T: Toward comprehensive treatment for postpartum depressed mothers and their infants* 3:126;
Oetter HM: Homeless in Vancouver: The CAST trial (ed) 4:173; Book review: Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy (pu) 5:273; Book review: Law and Ethics in Biomedical Research (pu) 10:564; Book review: Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2007 (pu) 10:564
Oppel L: Reality check needed for CME credits (cohp) 3:109; Dr Oppel replies (c) 6:298; New COHP committee to address addictions (cohp) 6:302; Dr Oppel responds (c) 7:364; Dr Barry Beyerstein (im) 10:554
Pasquet E; Dr Andre F. Pasquet (im) 7:398
Patrick D: Re: Fewer doses of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine for infants (pu) 1:36
Petric M: Pandemic influenza: Laboratory diagnosis* 5:245
Phillips B: Radon: the invisible risk (pu) 10:536
Phillips P: Cryptococcus gattii in BC: Update on an emerging disease (cdc) 7:374
Phillips S: Early recognition of infant mental health concerns* 3:121
Plaster F: Multiple myeloma support groups (pu) 7:371
Rae A: Heated rhetoric or Holy Grail? (c) 1:9
Rapoport D: Reported complications of tension-free vaginal tape procedures: A review* 9:490
Ray M: ICBC medical claims coverage (icbc) 1:12; ICBC—Auto insurance and more (icbc) 2:61; Managing patient privacy and legal obligations (icbc) 4:178; Clinical decision making—An evidence-based approach to managing ICBC claims (icbc) 5:234; To MRI or not to MRI? (icbc) 6:304
Rebbeck PM: Back to basics (ed) 10:530
Reebye P: Attachment: Clinical perspectives* 3:116; Attachment disorders* 4:187; Regulation disorders of sensory processing in infants and young children* 4:194;
Rekart ML: Recommended use of point-of-care HIV tests (cdc) 4:177
Richardson DR: Book review: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures 3:144; Dinosaurs (ed) 7:354;
Rife B: New childhood immunization fee codes (pu) 4:202
Rippel D: Lack of benefit in treating homocysteine levels with vitamins* 1:20
Rix D: BCMA financial snapshot 2006 (pu) 7:380
Robinson J: WorkSafeBC’s approach to gradual-onset soft tissue disorders (wsbc) 4:176
Ross MA: From puritanism to McCarthyism (c) 6:301; Physicians and patients, then and now (op) 8:429
Rowe TC: Guilt-free CME (ed) 1:6; Priorities (ed) 8:421; Book review: Medication Safety in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding (pu) 10:564
Salvian AJ: Crime and punishment (ed) 5:227; Dr Salvian replies (c) 9:472
Shepherd R: Re: Pharmacist prescribing (c) 5:228
Skowronski D: Pandemic influenza—A primer for physicians* 5:236; Dr Peter Edward Hoogewerf (im) 5:270;
Söchting I: Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?* 6:320
Soma R: Academic and educational role of international medical graduate psychiatrists in British Columbia* 7:393
Spencer D: Recommended use of point-of-care HIV tests (cdc) 4:177
Spring B: Vancouver Home Hospice Palliative Care (pu) 6:328
Stalker A: Regulation disorders of sensory processing in infants and young children* 4:194
Steinberg C: Feeding disorders of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers* 4:183; Early childhood mental health service (pu) 6:328
Steinberg PI: The use of low-dose neuroleptics in the treatment of patients with severe personality disorder: An adjunct to psychotherapy* 6:306
Stiver HG: Use of vaccines and antiviral drugs in the next influenza pandemic* 5:249
Taylor TL: Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001–2005* 7:382
Thommasen H: Bed-finding proposal (c) 2:58
Tonkin RS: The discipline of adolescent medicine in BC (op) 10:538
Townson A: Work hours, sleep deprivation, and fatigue: A British Columbia snapshot* 7:387
Tuk T: New birth body length and head circumference charts for the British Columbia population* 2:72
Turner J: Dr Allan & service to the profession (c) 6:301
Vance G: BCMA-government partnership benefits family physicians (pu) 7:368; Major BCMA survey coming in January (pu) 10:535; Advanced access key to better patient care, less stress for GPs and MOAs (gpsc) 10:551
Vavrik J: ICBC studies risky behaviors (icbc) 9:480
Victor C: Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001–2005* 7:382
Vikis E: Factors influencing career choices made by medical students, residents, and practising physicians* 9:482
Vroom WR: Book review: Goldfrank’s Manual of Toxicologic Emergencies (pu) 8:425
Wadsworth LD: Guidelines for frozen plasma transfusion* 6:311; Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* 8:441
Waters S: Cryptococcus gattii in BC: Update on an emerging disease (cdc) 7:374
Webb J: Venlafaxine: Troubling toxicity in overdose (cdc) 1:10
Weir M: Successful conference (c) 3:108
White RF: Private insurance is no answer (c) 7:356
Whittington C: When hypotransferrinemia obscures the diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis: A case report* 1:24
Williams B: Speaking of crime (c) 9:472
Wilson JA: Dr Ballem and failed collegiality (ed) 1:4; Pharmacist prescribing: Good medicine? (ed) 2:52; Go team! (ed) 3:104; Sweating the really, really small stuff (ed) 4:170; What about Ralph? (ed) 5:226; Vitamin D, the new panacea (ed) 6:293; I think I need a doctor (ed) 7:350; Sermon from Saltspring (ed) 8:418; Put up a parking lot (ed) 9:469; Book review: The Methamphetamine Crisis: Strategies to save addicts, families, and communities (pu) 9:502; BCMA—tell them what you think (ed) 10:529
Wilson R: Exercise your influence (cohp) 1:15
Wilson T: More success with honey* 8:428
Wolochow MS: Re: Sweating the really, really small stuff (c) 7:366
Wong E: Recommended use of point-of-care HIV tests (cdc) 4:177
Wong HCG: Herbal medicine and psychiatric disorders (c) 5:230
Wong MP: Guidelines for frozen plasma transfusion* 6:311; Guidelines for cryoprecipitate transfusion* 8:441
Wright JE: Reported complications of tension-free vaginal tape procedures: A review* 9:490
Yeh J: Self-report of use of traditional Chinese medicine by patients attending a cross-cultural psychiatry outpatient clinic* 2:68
Yoshida EM: Factors influencing career choices made by medical students, residents, and practising physicians* 9:482
Youatt F: Agreement news update (pu) 1:34; 2:88; 3:147; 4:205; 5:272; 6:330
Zoffmann E: Dr Annette Elisabeth Hacking (im) 5:271
Zutter DL: Where family medicine and law connect (op) 9:498