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Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... strategist, and policy advisor to the BCMA in November 2011. BCMJ managing editor Jay Drap­er spoke to him in ... 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
... motor vehicle crashes. From 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011, there were 68 alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths ... 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 ...
MDs To Be / BY: Annika Klopp, BSc, April 2012
In the summer of 2011 we participated in a project to look at the potential of ... experiences, we are concerned the idea of Art Days may be perceived differently than we in­tended. We know in ... values of a patient are different from one’s own.  The issue of cultural safety has moved beyond New Zealand and ...
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 ... were in persons prescribed opioid medication.[ 3 ]  In May 2011, the BC Coroners Service released a warning about a ...