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News / BY: Tara Lyon April 2007
... a little book about the flu (reviewed in the December 2006 issue) and thinks he is an author. The “Laminator” has ... in a responsible manner is often a challenge. Patients may bring in their unused meds to doctors’ offices, and ... Leave Benefit Program that was negotiated for you in the 2001 working agreement between the BCMA and the government of ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS May 2005
... study was completed in January (Wave 1 was completed in 2001). Results are consistent with 2001, with the  Journal  ... $10 000 to $15 000 range. The problem is that this limit may be inadequate given the bylaws exposure on an individual ... permit and the type of permit this person will receive. We issue two types of parking permits: permanent (valid for 3 ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Westby, MD September 2005
... working in the far north of New Zealand in the winter of 2001. I rotated about small rural Maori communities doing ... be scanned into his permanent records. Members may be interested to know that duplicate prescriptions date ... attach these into an EMR system is a significant resource issue as it takes up both the time of the physician and staff ...
Editorials / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC April 2004
... type of emotional reaction. For physicians, the response may include feelings of confusion and trepidation; for ... past 10 to 15 years. From the 1983 Badgley Report to the 2001 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and ... recent developments can be overwhelming. In this second issue dedicated to child maltreatment, we focus on a few of ...
Letters / BY: Erik T. Paterson, MD December 2003
... by far their most important concerns—and the issues that may ultimately drive physicians away. Financial incentives to ... physician input into system reform was the most important issue to rural physicians and indeed to all physicians. The ... negotiation of the Rural Subsidiary Agreement of 2001, and in conjunction with UBC, financial support has been ...
Editorials / BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC April 2003
... comprised 22% of newly reported cases between 1996 and 2001. Estimates vary, but as many as 13000 British Columbians ... to Health Canada, up to one-third of infected persons may be unaware of their status. An emerging priority in ... effectiveness of partner notification  is found in this issue of the  BCMJ . Active partner notification has been ...
Letters / BY: Warren Bell, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP(LM) October 2002
... Dixon-Warren’s request, which appeared in the June 2002 issue [ BCMJ  2002;44(5):234], asking for feedback on the ... manner. Unfortunately I feel now, as I felt in October 2001 when it was published, that the brochure from Dr ... conventional practice. Phraseology in the brochure like “may not be effective or safe,” “have not been ...
Letters / BY: Philip M. Alderman, MD March 2002
... “Male contraception and no-scalpel vasectomy” ( BCMJ 2001;43(10):560 ). Dr Rich is concerned about truancy rates, ... who do not return for semen analysis, and whose failures may therefore remain unreported. He affirms that such rates ... and rates. [1]   But this is largely a non-issue as, in my experience, truants whose vasectomies fail ...
Letters / BY: Robert Grist, MD January/February 2002
... hormone support for women with symptoms of menopause [ 2001;43(8):446]. Prevention of heart attack is a serious ... HERS study, ably reviewed by Dr Hammell in your October issue [2001;43(8):447], led to questions about the earlier ... Women’s Health Initiative randomized prospective study may afford us even better data on this by 2005. For our ...
Letters / BY: C.J. Sedergreen, MBBS September 2001
... member of the Board of Directors of the Laurel Foundation, may I express my appreciation of the June 2001 issue of the BCMA  Journal  dedicated to autism ...