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Clinical Articles / BY: Ronald S. Manley, PhD, RPsych January/February 2005
... She will wonder what will happen in treatment and what the health care professionals will be like. The patient may also ... family. We have found that a powerful strategy is for the health care professional to frame the discussion in emotional ... Planning appropriate recommendations may involve reviewing notes and consulting with colleagues who work in the area of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat Roles, MSW, RSW, BCATR January/February 2005
... need help to cope with the eating disorder. All of the health care professionals providing care to the child or ... youth and her family in treatment. When families trust the health care provider, the youth perceives this trust and can ... with treatment. Openness and trust are promoted when notes or assessments are copied to the family or done in the ...
Letters / BY: Anthony Kenyon, MB April 2005
... care in the  BCMJ (2004;9:441)  in which Dr J.R. Dale notes that walk-in clinics are often more challenging to work ... card. It has the vital statistics of the patient and a health care number. A photograph is being added to avoid ... is paid within 48 hours. It is the intention of the French health care services to develop this carte vitale into ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Eddy, MD May 2005
... for patients, and suicide. [10-12]   • The long-term health effects of chronic sleep deprivation are more ... evidence of poorer gastrointestinal and cardiovascular health as well as increased rates of breast cancer and early ... the time they are actually seeing patients. As Pickersgill notes, [41]  these regulations are not gentlemen’s ...
Premise / BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC October 2005
... one has to consider some basic facts. First, the present health delivery system in Canada is a scandal. That patients ... fierce advocate for their patients. Last, the demands for health care are finite, and the small group of very sick ... a right-wing think tank in Vancouver. The author notes the apparent “lack of regard for patients’ needs” ...