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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD October 2018
... morbidity and mortality associated with activities that may cause harm. Harm reduction applied to substance use is a ... hepatitis C virus and HIV transmission.[ 5 ] Therefore, in 2003, consistent with best practice, needle distribution and ... harm-reduction services. Physicians can help address the issue of marginalization by examining their own assumptions ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... Mr Seckel became BC’s deputy attorney general in 2003, overseeing the administration of justice in the ... for in those circumstances where it is a direct one-on-one issue or conflict. And yet now that I’m here, I see so many ... final thoughts? Members who aren’t involved in the BCMA may wonder what goes on here, and they can be assured that ...
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 ... disabilities.  Dr Penny returned to Victoria and in 2003 began a new orthopaedic pediatric program at Queen ... in a responsible manner is often a challenge. Patients may bring in their unused meds to doctors’ offices, and ...
News / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... Part 1 and 2 has also been revised and is included in this issue’s polybag.  The Antenatal Record Part 1 and 2 (BCPHP ... generally extending until the end of September. Since 2003, Canadian Blood Services has performed WNV nucleic acid ... TT-WNV WNV developing within 4 weeks of blood transfusion may be transfusion-associated. Suspected cases of TT-WNV ...
News December 2006
... physicians during the SARS outbreak in Toronto in 2003. An added bonus is a foreword by world-renowned Canadian ... where a physician is deemed uninsurable, to decline to issue coverage altogether. The amount of coverage is based on ... and election follows the premature and sudden death, last May, of director-general Dr Jong-Wook Lee. The ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
... the monthly editions of e-News. Please note that as this issue of the Journal went to print, the Agreement was still ... process that was ratified by members in 2003. The macro-allocation portion of the process involves ... which the Provincial Salary and Service contract ranges may be exceeded. Joint Standing Committee on Rural Programs ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bruce Gamage, RN, CIC May 2006
Recent outbreaks in Canada, including the 2003 SARS outbreak, and the emergence of a virulent strain ... health care-facility norovirus outbreaks have brought the issue closer to home. These events made it clear that ... horizontal, and non-hierarchical fashion. In May and December of 2005, PICNet held stakeholder summits, at ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... and co-guest editor of the BCMJ’s September theme issue on patient safety (BCMJ 2006;48:324-341). Dr Michael ... 5 years, to identify adverse drug reaction markers that may be used to predict and prevent drug toxicity in children. ... Practice Obstetrical Care Incentive Program introduced in 2003. It provides a 50% bonus on the MSC Payment Schedule ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS March 2005
... and Income Consent Form. If you anticipate that others may make inquiries on your behalf, please visit the BCMA web ... .  By Sterling Haynes, MD. Prince George: Caitlin Press, 2003. ISBN 0-920576-97-4. 143 pages. $18.95. Bloody Practice ... Banquet. Registration forms will be available in the April issue of the  BCMJ . Save time by registering in advance! ...
News June 2005
... on your nursing staff were equally well trained? This may seem like an impossible notion, but not when you hardwire ... as decisions about electroconvulsive therapy. In November 2003, the BCMA’s Council on Health Promotion issued a press ... Psoriasis Education Program (PEP) has released the first issue of PEP Talk, a publication for people affected by ...