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ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, March 2009
... some of this controversy, The Bone and Joint Decade 2000–2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated ... were published in a supplement to last February’s issue of the journal  Spine  (Spine 2008;33[4 ... 1995;20[8 suppl]:S1–73). While these publications may be considered the gold standard in WAD medical issues, ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... 10 years, showing that other than a special levy in 1999–2000, any increases had always been modest (3% and under, ... of General Practitioners of BC for their patience on this issue. Dr Bryan Norton, president of the Society of General ... membership. We also need to reach out to physicians who may feel disenfranchised.   I firmly believe the BCMA is ...
Editorials / BY: Gavin Stuart, MD, Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine, September 2008
... University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine. In May 2008, the first class of medical students from the ... really began in a packed hockey arena in Prince George in 2000, when nearly 7000 people gathered to protest a critical ... for its innovative programs. The articles in this theme issue depict aspects of the expansion and describe physician ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nabil Al Lawati, MD, MRCP, April 2008
... and the eighth for women (2.0%), excluding childbirth, in 2000–2001.  The econo­mic impact of the disease in Canada ... in 1 second) is protective.[ 15 ] COPD exacerbations may also be more common among patients with gastroesophageal ... all have important roles to play (see Part 1 of this theme issue). Conclusions Acute exacerbations of COPD are a ...
News July/August 2007
... be read on its own. Those not facing a terminal illness may wish to focus on the introduction as well as the sections ... Open Enrollment will be coming your way in the September issue of the  BCMJ. —Sandie Braid, CEBS Assistant ... join a group practice, and a New Practice Supplement of $2000 per week for the first 26 weeks of practice. Eligible ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mario McKenna, MSc, September 2007
... physicians make. Of particular importance is the growing issue of recruitment and retention of academic faculty in ... of Psychiatry. Methods An electronic file (MS Excel 2000) containing information on all physicians registered ... their degrees between 1976 and 1995 ( table 4 ). This may be one factor contributing to the number of senior ...
Clinical Articles / BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD, September 2006
... adverse events in Canadian hospitals. [1]  Published in May 2004, the study was based on methods developed by ... 232 250 of the 2.5 million similar admissions in the year 2000 would have been associated with an adverse event. ... establish an estimate of the scale of the patient safety issue within Canadian hospitals, but improvements in safety ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jill Franklin, BA, December 2006
... a surprisingly high rate of disability.” [3]  Symptoms may worsen over time, and the person may become increasingly ... criminal justice system then becomes involved as a health issue turns into a societal one (written communication, J. ... D. Learn to Remember. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books; 2000. Osborne CL. Over My Head: A Doctor’s Own Story of ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2006
... in a way that you’re not in the city. I remember back in 2000 when we had the dispute over our specialists. We ... it looks like a good package and a good way to change, it may be a major shift for the BCMA and the goals are to have ... and the best possible representation. Another difficult issue is economic representation. Surveys show that a ...
Premise / BY: Manfred Purtzki, January/February 2006
... possible due to the imposition of the “kiddie” tax in 2000, which removed the benefit of income splitting with ... types of shares are called stock dividend shares. They may have an issue price of $.01 per share and a redemption value of $100 ...