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Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... the CEO of an organization? That’s a good question. People might also ask, “How did a lawyer end up being the ... senior public servants are more important than sometimes people can appreciate—and are less politically laden than people sometimes imagine. So often, there is no political ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2012
... a 3-month probation through the IMG program, and of those people who go through the probation, half of them will be ... I was amazed, when I was closing the practice, how many people had been with me the full 36 years I’d been in ... is tremendous. You make a good living, you can influence people to make good decisions, and you have influence in the ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2012
... care” can all mean different things to different people.  All of the foregoing labels can be used to describe ... we live in a libertarian society where, within limits, people have the freedom to make choices other than the most ... who will note that the Samueli Institute is headed by people trained in “mind/body methods, spiritual healing, ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Hal D. Gunn, MD, June 2012
... reduce the risk of recurrence and improve survival of people with cancer (and thus, substantially reduce overall ... since high distress levels are common among people living with cancer. In a recent study of over 3000 ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, May 2012
... grow, resulting in conflict. Conflict will arise when people are dependent on others in order to complete a task, ... individual needs are advocated over the needs of others. People who tend toward this style take a firm stand, know ... needs. •    Compromising is an approach in which people give and receive by trading off in an effort to at ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD July/August 2012
... agreement has taken years and a lot of hard work from many people.  From the BCMA’s perspective this agreement gets ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD October 2012
... a long time ago, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed up in overalls and looks like ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD December 2012
... Christmas, we settle down to open presents. Like most people, I love the giving aspect of Christmas—the look on ... family fabric, bringing us together even when our favorite people move far away and at some point begin their own ...