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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 ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC May 2006
The  January/February 2006 issue of the BCMJ [48(1):14-15]  contains a report by the BC ... as a result of the home hemodialysis program launched in 2004, considerable cash savings have been made by training ... expensive hospital dialysis units. This is good news, but may I re mind you that, as reported in the CMAJ, [1]  the ...
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 ...