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Clinical Articles /
BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc
September 2018
... care system, and society at large. This public health issue directly affects the practice of physicians who must ... disability-adjusted life years were then translated into 2013 dollars using the gross national income per capita. [ 6 ... social marketing campaign.[ 16 ] One program that may have contributed to the decrease in self-harm costs from ...
News
July/August 2017
... Award for their collaborative work in handling the 2013 primary care crisis in Fort St. John. This group of ... Read more about North Peace Division’s work in the May issue of the BCMJ ( ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ivana Jakovljevic, MD
October 2016
... having at least one parent who works full time. As of 2013, one-half of children in lone parent families were ... on their patients but report feeling unable to address the issue in a systematic way.[ 22 ] The poverty intervention ... BC Ministry of Children and Family Development that they may be eligible for coverage of medically necessary ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP
December 2015
Analysis of 10 years of experience in a suburban group family practice using a blended funding model
... developed. Often dubbed “walk-in care,” such a system may address the issue of timely access but often fails to offer continuity of ... the BC Ministry of Health. Data were collected for 2002 to 2013 from reports labelled 10864_oldformat_xxyyYE (with the ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Clayton Chmelik,
December 2015
... As part of this process the claim owner or medical advisor may contact you to confirm the worker’s current symptoms, ... the WorkSafeBC article published in the January/February 2013 issue of the BCMJ (2013:55;17), available online at ...
News&Notes /
BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC,
March 2014
... with Type 1 Diabetes” was published in the June 2012 issue of the BC Medical Journal ( BCMJ 2012;54:232-237 ... an advocacy movement has been afoot in BC. On 22 October 2013, in response to increasing pressure from families and ... examples of independent plans and other documents that may be of assistance to parents. Further details regarding ...
College Library /
BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS
November 2014
... bulge comes face to face with advancing age. In this issue of the BCMJ , Dr Bob Vroom also addresses the topic ... College registrants who subscribe to library services may receive an unlimited number of expert literature ... “We need to get another life after retirement” ( BMJ 2013;347:f7173), and “Prolonging a sustainable working life ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP,
November 2014
... by e-mail with C. Voggenreiter, Ministry of Health, March 2013). Several explanations for this high number have been ... 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 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA,
January/February 2014
... their activities appropriately, and some physicians may be pressured by colleagues to practise outside their area ... for diagnostic imaging that would be in place by April 2013. (required) • The medical community would ... the profession, many of which we have discussed here. The issue of currency has been an especially hot topic for ...
News&Notes /
BY: Joanne Jablkowski
July/August 2014
Annual Business Meeting and General Assembly Saturday, 31 May 2014 • Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver This year’s ... report Following approval of the agenda and the 2013 AGM minutes, outgoing president Dr William Cunningham ... clarified that the increase came largely from a severance issue that occurred, not primarily from hiring new staff. Dr ...