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Letters / BY: Kobus de Jager, MBBS September 2014
... average citizen, and perhaps even the average physician, may view death with dignity, a good death, aid in dying, ... has been far more rapid, with statutory implementation in 2002 and a more recent inclusion of neonates and children. ... terminate their life on request? Anyone debating this issue, be it for or against physician-assisted suicide, needs ...
ICBC / BY: Elizabeth Heinz, December 2008
... police officer can then order the driver off the road and issue a roadside suspension. Impaired drivers will also face ... A Traffic Injury Research Foundation poll conducted in 2002 found that nearly 20% of Canadian drivers had driven ... their ability to drive a vehicle safely. The actual number may be much higher, however, as the poll relied on ...
ICBC / BY: Tanya Heuchert, BA, LLB, June 2008
... The Justice Review Task Force was established in March 2002 with the intention of identifying reforms to help make ... the parties must agree on the identity of the expert, the issue to be addressed, the facts and assumptions to be ... Once appointed, the joint expert is the only expert who may give expert opinion at the trial on the particular issue ...
News / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... Practice Service Committee (GPSC), originally created in 2002 but charged with significantly increased ... Part 1 and 2 has also been revised and is included in this issue’s polybag.  The Antenatal Record Part 1 and 2 (BCPHP ... TT-WNV WNV developing within 4 weeks of blood transfusion may be transfusion-associated. Suspected cases of TT-WNV ...
News / BY: Michael F. Myers, MD, November 2007
... at the International Conference on Physician Health in 2002. With eloquence and grace, she told us about the murder ... the medical workplace, an increasingly common and pressing issue in our health care system. It is a phenomenon that we ... from Ms Magnussen’s gripping account and wise words. May Dr Snider’s life not be in vain. News Book Review - A ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Westby, MD September 2005
... offices were fully electronic at that time. In the fall of 2002 after 10 years of locum work, I set up my own practice ... 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 ...
Letters / BY: Alastair S.E. Younger, MBChB, ChM, FRCSC December 2004
... to hear from any other member of the BCMA with a similar issue with Revenue Canada and home office expenses. If enough members are interested then we may be able to file a class action appeal against Revenue ... of a greater audit. There was an interesting tax case (2002 DTC 3815) at the Tax Court of Canada that dealt with ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD March 2003
... comparison” by Gobrial et al. in the December issue [ BCMJ 2002;44(10):537 ] questions whether “suboptimal management ... region is not due to inferior management of diabetes” may be true, but their data certainly do not support such a ...
Letters / BY: Jim Henderson September 2002
... article “Availability of electronic full text ( BCMJ 2002;44(4):181 ), you looked at 44 articles in the February issue of  Sites and Bytes . I have tried to do research in ... to BC College members. In being unbiased and brief, I may have conveyed a more positive view of electronic ...
Letters / BY: Warren Bell, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP(LM) October 2002
... Brian Dixon-Warren’s request, which appeared in the June 2002 issue [ BCMJ  2002;44(5):234], asking for feedback on the ... conventional practice. Phraseology in the brochure like “may not be effective or safe,” “have not been ...