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Beyond Medicine / BY: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), JD, LLM, SJD March 2021
In June 2020, the BC Minister of Health commissioned an ... was over 2 times higher than among other residents in 2017/18.[ 1 ] Lack of attachment to primary care could ... routine measurement of health system performance on this issue, serving to mask a problem that this review has ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Thomas S. Watson, MD, DPhil March 2021
... Ovid), and Google Scholar were searched between 5 December 2017 and 16 January 2018, and the search was updated with all new studies to 25 June 2019 using the keywords “ultrasound” or ... and identified what they viewed as the most significant issue with existing studies supporting ultrasound: the ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2018
... will have on medicinal marijuana use. I mused about this issue in my June 2017 BCMJ editorial. Unless the price of the medicinal ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2017
... such resources in his President’s Comment in the October issue of the  BCMJ , encouraging a collaborative approach to ... the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder in early 2017.[ 4 ] As of 5 June 2017 this guideline will replace the College of ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2017
3 June 2017, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC To kick off the ... Doctors of BC will ensure adequate communication on this issue. There being no further questions, the motion to accept ... of specialists. He expressed urgency in addressing the issue so all patients get optimal care.  Report of the ...
News October 2017
... it will move into a new building nearby. Dr Nelems died in 2017 at his farm in Coldstream near Vernon. To learn more ... health care, read the In Memoriam piece published in the June 2017 issue of the  BCMJ  ( 2017;59:276-277 ). News Pain clinic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
... period was then extended by a further 4 months to 6 June 2016. Parliament passed Bill C-14 on 16 June 2016 and it ... Island in that time (7100 expected deaths in 2016/2017).[ 4 ] Patients ranged in age from 49 to 96 (74.75) ... to the drugs required for assisted death has not been an issue. Prescribers and pharmacists have worked closely to ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2016
4 June 2016, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC   Doctors of BC Elected Officials 2016–2017 President: Dr Alan Ruddiman Past President: Dr Charles ... is not a productive use of our time and energy. The issue is that our two work models simply clash. Doctors are ...