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Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... developed. Often dubbed “walk-in care,” such a system may address the issue of timely access but often fails to offer continuity of ... of a report for YE2009, which was unavailable) and for 2009 to 2013 from reports labelled 10864RPT_xxyyYE. Aspects ...
MDs To Be / BY: Ahmad Al-Sarraf, MD, FRCPC, September 2014
Maintaining healthy vision is an important health issue. For many, loss of vision is associated with loss of ... According to the National Coalition for Vision Health's 2009 report on the state of vision health in Canada, visual ... that the high mortality due to the comorbid conditions may partly explain why age-related macular degeneration and ...
Letters June 2014
... Of interest to you might be an article published in the May 2009 issue of the  Journal of the American College of Surgeons .[ ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2013
... noise   Dr John O’Brien-Bell requested an update on the issue of noise. He first raised the issue at last year’s ... this policy, noting that members were not consulted and may have objections. Dr Ross explained that the BCMA was not ... for a division of family practice back in October of 2009, and was one of the proto­types. It is a prime example ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, BSc, October 2012
... Canadian population declined for the first time between 2009 and 2010, falling from 48% to 43%.[ 5 ] Studies with ... whole foods.  In addition to overall diet, the issue of workplace nutrition has recently received some ... ubiquity of inadequate nutrition among physicians, as they may result in decreased quality of patient care and medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alison Granger-Brown, MA, December 2012
... and increase motivation for change—something that may be sustained after release from prison. Women in BC’s ... practice residents participated in pilot electives. In 2009/10, second-year medical students developed and presented ... 25 ]  Infant safety has not been reported as an issue in numerous countries where prison infant and mother ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC June 2012
Opioid overdose is a public health issue in British Columbia. In 2009, more than 200 deaths were identified as illicit drug ... were in persons prescribed opioid medication.[ 3 ]  In May 2011, the BC Coroners Service released a warning about a ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... under the Criminal Code and provincial statutes. In 2009 he was appointed deputy minister to the premier and ... 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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... cause of death in Canada.[ 1 ] It was estimated that in 2009, 976 people died in alcohol-related crashes in Canada.[ ... in exactly the positive changes that would be expected. In May 2011, opponents of the new laws launched a legal ... of the immediate roadside prohibition program.  At issue was whether the immediate roadside prohibition program ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD June 2012
... issues in lifestyle counseling. In the BCMJ April issue I was glad to see the Council on Health Promotion ... makes them depressed, and adds to the negative image they may al­ready have of themselves. Despite occasional ... and exercise at the World Diabetes Congress in Montreal in 2009 I came across a paper by Ross and Janiszewsky raising ...