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Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Horn, BA, March 2012
... Committee (GPSC), a partnership between the Ministry of Health and the BC Medical Association, has developed a ... Program for general practitioners that includes mental health modules for both adults and children and youth. These ... of patients on SGA medications.[ 30 ] This position notes that the currently available medications vary in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carolyn Gotay, PhD, April 2012
... (e.g., parity, older age at first birth), and personal health history (e.g., exposure to ionizing radiation, the use ... modifiable factors are unlikely to be the target of public health interventions (e.g., age at first birth). However, ... how to lower their risk of breast cancer (see the Health Notes for patient information). We are exploring options ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, April 2012
The Mental Health module from the GPSC’s Practice Support Program ... to help them screen patients for a wide range of mental health conditions. The treatment approaches presented through ... with patient developments. MOAs can time manage or make notes on the schedule to advise if a patient might need extra ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, November 2012
... care—the seamless support of patients across multiple health care providers—is a model aspired to throughout ... bringing together representatives from every aspect of the health care experience, both at a provincial and local level. ... undertakings. SOS Division executive lead Terrie Crawford notes that while system­ic change takes time, the region ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert Strang MD, FRCPC December 2012
Prison health care in Nova Scotia By Robert Strang   Nova Scotia ... and one youth).  At that time, the dep­uty ministers for health and justice agreed that the Ministry of Justice would ... by the publication of practical checklists and guidance notes for policymakers and prison management and health ...