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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&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... soon. He thanked the Society of General Practitioners of BC for their patience on this issue. Dr Bryan Norton, ... in the micro-allocation process. He stated that family doctors too were looking forward to receiving their fee ... are happy with their work, life, and practices. Family doctors here do a true full-service family medicine ...
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 ...
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 ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD September 2008
... patient in a hospital). MOCAP is part of the doctors’ negotiated agreement with government that ... Keefe in the Negotiations Department at  tkeefe@bcma.bc.ca  or 604 638-2871. —J. William Mackie, MD BCMA ...
Obituaries / BY: Michael A. Ross, MD, FRCSC September 2008
... was forging a province-wide reimbursement contract for doctors on hospital call, which steals from their families, ... then became the first otolaryngologist in Campbell River, BC. In 1985 he moved to Victoria where he built up an ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: Caroline Wang, MD, September 2008
... for an organization that represents and speaks for the doctors of BC, transparency and accountability to its members are ... values, I am confident that collectively the physicians of BC will set the right course for their future.   ...
Letters / BY: Caroline Wang, MD, September 2008
... for an organization that represents and speaks for the doctors of BC, transparency and accountability to its members are ... values, I am confident that collectively the physicians of BC will set the right course for their future.   ...
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 ...