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Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... gift card. Survey responses were collected from November 2012 to January 2013, then combined and analyzed for ... damaging relationships with specialists, this reluctance may be due to lack of confidence in their own deprescribing ... or the challenge of family unavailability. Thus the issue goes far deeper than this financial aspect. A ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD January/February 2013
The CMPA Perspective, published October 2012, focused on physician professionalism. I assume it was just coincidental that this issue appeared before the furor over mandatory influenza ... out that “In support of quality of care, physicians may struggle to find the appropriate balance between meeting ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) November 2013
... EMR adoption rates have risen from 23% in 2006 to 56% in 2012, countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and ... physicians set to retire in the next couple of years, it may make sense to forgo the expense and time-consuming ... typed emergency record the very next morning? In this issue of the BCMJ you can read more about this topic and ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC May 2013
... the BCMA’s pledge to support its members who are now, or may in the fu­ture become, clinical faculty teachers/mentors ... copy was not seen until 10 months later on 26 March 2012 when the Section of Clinical Faculty president received ... wording in the LOI calls into question.  I take no issue with those involved in the system, only with the system ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Sandberg, RRT, April 2013
... of services in the Northern Health Authority. Home oxygen may be funded by extended health benefits, if available to ... if they still want oxygen therapy. Costs For the 2011–2012 fiscal year, British Columbia health authorities spent ... of home oxygen remains a concern and continues to be an issue for some patients. For example, in Vancouver Coastal ...
Letters / BY: Dana Cole, BScPharm, December 2012
The premise for Dr Miller’s letter in the September issue [ BCMJ  2012;54:327 ] appears to be a recent decision by the BC ... In fact, the BCHA P&T committee made a decision at the 24 May 2012 meeting to add ticagrelor to the formulary with ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD June 2012
... issues in lifestyle counseling. In the BCMJ April issue I was glad to see the Council on Health Promotion ... focus to health, not weight: First, do no harm,  BCMJ  [ 2012;54:144 ].  Weight loss is incredibly difficult for most ... makes them depressed, and adds to the negative image they may al­ready have of themselves. Despite occasional ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2012
... he was the office manager until we closed the office this May. We have two sons. One works in the federal government in ... like to do as BCMA president. I’m acutely aware of this issue because of my son, but I want to point out that since ... Karen Tregillas) Interviews Shelley Ross: BCMA President 2012–13 ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB December 2012
... constitutes a winning Christmas light display. Although I may have been un­biased in the eyes of the locals, I was ... on the Editorial Board has his turn come up for the last issue of the year. There is a saying in Yiddish that came to ... who celebrate other holidays, I wish you a happy end to 2012.  To all of you, I wish a Happy New Year! —DBC ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, November 2007
... membership voted on the new Physician Master Agreement in May of this year, with 95% of those who voted voting in favor ... the subsidiary agreements is from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2012. The Physician Master Agreement supersedes the Amended ... of services. Included in the polybag with this month’s issue of the  BC Medical Journal  is a Membership Guide to ...