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Clinical Articles / BY: Diana Carter, MBBS March 2005
... disorder associated with pregnancy. Pregnant women may also suffer from anxiety disorders, such as panic ... for these disorders will appear in Part 2 of this theme issue in April 2005.) Several risk factors and psychosocial correlates have ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Deirdre Ryan, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC March 2005
... for these disorders will appear in Part 2 of this theme issue in April 2005.) Postpartum blues Postpartum blues refers to a ... minor tranquilizers at low doses (e.g., lorazepam 0.5 mg) may be helpful for insomnia. Careful monitoring during this ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD April 2005
... of some DSM-IV diagnosis. The findings of the Ipsos-ASI 2005  BCMJ  Readership Survey were released at the end of ... myself. A detailed report on the survey will appear in the May issue, but if you want to see the full results now you can ...
Editorials / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD May 2005
In his editorial, “Forced retirement”  (BCMJ 2005;47[4]:165),  Dr Anthony Salvian decries the fact that ... under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The case may be found on the Internet under Stoffmann v. VGH, 1990 ... for such decisions; the word is “curious.” The second issue was that as a university-affiliated teaching hospital ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD July/August 2005
... recruit the doctors we so desperately need. The result of May’s election will ensure that the next 4 years will be ... this third year are set to begin no later than 1 October 2005 and will be subject to arbitration as early as 1 ... We hope that government will want to work with us on this issue. The BCMA and the CMA are looking very closely at this ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gregory M.F. Ganz, MD, CM, FRCPC July/August 2005
... of chronic kidney disease, was held in Vancouver in June 2005 ( www.bckidneysummit.com/ ). One of the purposes of this ... provision of patient-specific tools such as flow sheets may be more useful. [14]  The Kidney Care Initiative on ... kidney disease in the primary care setting”  in this issue). In addition to promoting awareness of the guidelines, ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Westby, MD September 2005
... response to Dr Jack Burak’s excellent article from April 2005 entitled, “BC’s technologically challenged health ... 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: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC November 2005
... overview with important recommendations. In a previous issue (BCMJ September 2004;46[7], “The new era of treatable ... the possibility that more than one pathological entity may be affecting the brain and causing symptoms. An ... receive timely assistance when needed. Medical practice in 2005 requires skill in managing chronic diseases. ...
Letters / BY: David Blair, MD December 2005
To achieve some balance, Dr Tildesley  (BCMJ 2005;47[7]:362-363)  should have pointed out to readers that ... pieces (such as Dr Tildesley’s article in the September issue). We agree with Dr Blair that in certain instances it may be appropriate to obtain competing interest statements ...