BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC
January/February 2011
... practices as part of the STOP HIV/AIDS Pilot Project in BC (STOP AIDS).[ 5 ] This article provides considerations for clinicians throughout BC looking to expand their HIV testing practices. Evidence ... key elements recommended for inclusion by clinicians in BC during their pre- and posttest counseling interactions.[ 7 ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
January/February 2011
... further follow-up. They can be found at www.health.gov.bc.ca/women-and-children/children-and-youth . Obesity and ...
Editorials /
BY: Brian Day, MB
January/February 2011
... or injury. A friend was recently hospitalized at a major BC hospital, suffering from a serious acute illness. Sadly, ... now needs 26000 more doctors to equal the OECD average. BC has reacted better than most to this shortage, but the ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Clay Barber,
January/February 2011
... Agreement between the Ministry of Health Services and the BC Medical Association. While the GPSC and the SSC are ...
News /
BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD
January/February 2011
... little book filled with lots of information about life in BC at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th. ... she was a pioneer in the use of radiation therapy in BC and one of the founding “fathers” of the BC Cancer Institute, now the BC Cancer Agency, a ...
News /
BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB
January/February 2011
... of epilepsy in this region. Dr Jilek-Aall now lives in BC and continues to support the work she started years ago in ...
News
January/February 2011
... the Dr Cam Coady Foundation at PO Box 90, New Westminster BC, V3L 4X9 by 4 March 2011. News Call for nominations ...
News
January/February 2011
... Dr Cam Coady Foundation, P.O. Box 90, New Westminster, BC V3L 4X9 by 4 March 2011. Bachop Gold Medal for ... inspiration and a challenge to the medical profession in BC. Only one award will be made in any year and there shall ... Lorie Janzen, BCMA, 115–1665 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6J 5A4 by 5 April 2011. News Call for nominations ...
News
January/February 2011
... or end-of-life facilities. The team includes two BC physicians, Dr Aleco Alexiadis of Vancouver and Dr Ilona ...
News
January/February 2011
... communications strategy promoted the lobbying efforts of BC physicians toward prohibiting the operation of handheld devices while driving. The concerns voiced by BC physicians were heard, and in 2010 the provincial ...