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Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB January/February 2011
... some of the attitudes that prevail in modern medical practice? Perhaps. Doctors have traditionally worked ... Canadian specialists no longer have to build a referral practice and they develop instant wait lists. Family doctors ...
News&Notes / BY: Dan Small, PhD, MPhil Cantab, January/February 2011
... elders and the assembly rules as to whether the healing practice is valid and whether further action is required.  ... that the visitor describe the scope of their shamanic practice. When the Tnediserp has finished, then the elders ... it is necessary for the elders to reprimand rogue shamanic practice. A public reprimand occurs with the Tnediserp ...
Obituaries / BY: Bruce Gillespie, January/February 2011
... pediatric medicine and consulting. He began his own practice in 1952. He was chief of the Department of ...
Obituaries / BY: William J. McLaren, MBChB, January/February 2011
... was a man of many parts. He decided to return to general practice and joined the Irving Clinic in Kamloops in 1971. He ...
Obituaries / BY: Doug Wilson, MD, January/February 2011
My father had a passion for the practice of medicine: the politics, the educational ... Shaughnessy Hospital (Vancouver) with a career in family practice starting in 1953. He was on the medical staff at ... full-time and was instrumental in establishing the Family Practice Teaching Program at VGH and UBC. He was a founding ...
Obituaries / BY: M. Graham Clay, MD, January/February 2011
... address of the BC Medical Association. Aside from his own practice, his responsibilities included developing and ... a second career.  Nevertheless, he continued his medical practice until 1990, despite being busy sculpting in clay, ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD January/February 2011
... was to propose that it be a shared care initiative or a practice guidelines template. However, both the Specialist ... do­main, including Heads Up: Brain In­jury in Your Practice ( ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Ray Lewans, MD, January/February 2011
... of CME per year regardless of its relevance to one’s practice. Window dressing at its finest.  What is your idea ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD March 2011
... them to get a general licence to do locums or open a practice. At the end of medical school and internship, they ... general doctors with doors open to most op­tions of practice or training. There are problems with requiring ... internships contribute significantly and positively to the practice of medicine, confidence, maturity, exposure to new ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2011
... hospital privileges.  When I decided to set up my medical practice I applied for privileges at my local hospital. I ... my fate. They asked me questions about my scope of practice and whether I planned to deliver babies and how many ... interview.  Securing privileges allowed me to build my practice and gain favor with the local medical community. Not ...