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Clinical Articles / BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC January/February 2010
... relevant medical records, particularly when there is an issue of injury or illness before the courts. Many patients ... a subpoena and court appearance later. • They know they may be able to bill medicolegal rates for such a meeting and ... the court for the right to interview you.[ 4 ]  In July 2009, I wrote to the College regarding MacEachern v. Rennie ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Stephen Wheeler, MD January/February 2010
... response to the article published in the October 2009 issue of the BCMJ, “Criteria for sedation of ... safely transported. We understand that our recommendations may not help treat the chronic psychiatric problem; we leave ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Green, MD, FCFP March 2010
Background Recently the issue of resident work hours and, more specifically, ... week, which was changed to a 48-hour work week on 1 August 2009.[ 5 ] In Canada, there is no similar legislation, but ... any of the questions about attitudes to work hours. This may, however, reflect a small sample size; perhaps a ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2010
... Dr Erik Paterson from Creston mentioned the perennial issue of low attendance at these meetings, stating that he ... at AGMs is the norm for similar organizations. It may be that, given the many opportunities for input that ... of Dr Don Rix, chair of the committee until his death in 2009, were acknowledged by a moment of silence by those ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: James Johnston, MD, FRCPC, October 2010
... both staff and other patients at risk. As of December 2009, there were 2720 patients enrolled in provincial ... recommendations The most recent guidelines addressing the issue were published by the British Thoracic Society. They ... early screening in high-risk CKD pa­tients, as anergy may be less of a confounder in those with less advanced ...