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Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
... and disintegration, and incestuous complexity. Although we may wish to attribute these problems to the First Nations ... a hospital in northwestern British Columbia”  in this issue). I was not surprised at what I found; it was entirely ... Bulletin [4]  and indeed was the focus of an April 2004 theme issue. [5]  It is worth a few minutes of every ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP May 2006
... article on this topic appears in the 14 March 2006 issue of the CMAJ.) This means we all stand a better chance ... we exercise on a regular basis. As active as we think? In 2004, the BC Nutrition Survey found that although 80% of ... 30 but remain stable thereafter in both men and women. In May 2005, the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) released its ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) September 2006
... of us in practice, answering patients’ concerns on this issue can be daunting, particularly if we are presented with ... just by chance. In addition, many “findings of harm” may be insignificant, inaccurate, or simply taken out of ... supplementation. American Academy of Family Physicians. 2004 American Academy of Family Practice policy statement on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Program (CADRMP). In 2004, CADRMP received 10 238 reports of suspected adverse ... cited serious and life-threatening ADRs to be a safety issue of concern. The effect of this apparent concern has ... difficulty of recognizing ADRs when they occur. Clinicians may believe another member of the health care team will ...
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 researchers ... establish an estimate of the scale of the patient safety issue within Canadian hospitals, but improvements in safety ...