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News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2011
... Business Meeting and General Assembly Saturday, 11 June 2011 Vancouver Convention Centre 2011/2012 BCMA elected ... with the UBC Faculty of Medicine. He pointed out that the issue of “transparency” that had been mentioned on ... from broken families and families in distress. They may be in government care. Or they may have parents with ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2010
2010/2011 BCMA elected officers Dr Ian Gillespie, President Dr ... 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 ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... an official holiday on the second Sunday of the month of May.  There are about 2 billion mothers in the world and ... full control over their reproduction. Motherhood became an issue of personal preferences—voluntary childlessness, ... of motherhood in Western societies. Springer Dordrecht;. 2011. ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... Yet, for the person receiving the diagnosis, it may turn out to be not only a label for a condition, but a ... that are given their own diagnosis. Opportunities to issue diagnoses are further expanded as some issues in human ... pursuit of health. Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press; 2011. Blog Dediagnosing to make people feel less ill ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... We can proudly remember that, beginning with the 1993 issue, Canadian Family Physician became one of only 10 family ... the profession and the role of the medical librarian: this may be a shift from librarian as provider of information to ... to the digital era. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield; 2011. Blog The Index Medicus ...
Blog / BY: Amanda Lavigne, BScPN
... helps raise awareness of the impacts of stigma and may increase motivation to change stigmatizing behaviors and ... Harms related to substance use remain a top public health issue in virtually every jurisdiction across Canada. In ... care of patients who use illicit drugs. Contemp Nurse 2011;37:241-252.  6.    Abram MD. The role of the ...