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Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... with predicted prevalence rates rising from 8.3% in 2013 to 10.3% in 2020.[ 1 ] The complications of diabetes ... other antihyperglycemic agents can confuse physicians and may result in widely variable quality of care as well as ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
News July/August 2017
... Award for their collaborative work in handling the 2013 primary care crisis in Fort St. John. This group of ... Read more about North Peace Division’s work in the May issue of the  BCMJ  ( ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ivana Jakovljevic, MD October 2016
... having at least one parent who works full time. As of 2013, one-half of children in lone parent families were ... on their patients but report feeling unable to address the issue in a systematic way.[ 22 ] The poverty intervention ... BC Ministry of Children and Family Development that they may be eligible for coverage of medically necessary ...
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 ... the BC Ministry of Health. Data were collected for 2002 to 2013 from reports labelled 10864_oldformat_xxyyYE (with the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Clayton Chmelik, December 2015
... As part of this process the claim owner or medical advisor may contact you to confirm the worker’s current symptoms, ... the WorkSafeBC article published in the January/February 2013 issue of the  BCMJ  (2013:55;17), available online at  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... their activities appropriately, and some physicians may be pressured by colleagues to practise outside their area ... for diagnostic imaging that would be in place by April 2013. (required) •    The medical community would ... the profession, many of which we have discussed here. The issue of currency has been an especially hot topic for ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS November 2014
... bulge comes face to face with advancing age. In this issue of the  BCMJ , Dr Bob Vroom also addresses the topic ... College registrants who subscribe to library services may receive an unlimited number of expert literature ... “We need to get another life after retirement” ( BMJ  2013;347:f7173), and “Prolonging a sustainable working life ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... by e-mail with C. Voggenreiter, Ministry of Health, March 2013). Several explanations for this high number have been ... damaging relationships with specialists, this reluctance may be due to lack of confidence in their own deprescribing ... or the challenge of family unavailability. Thus the issue goes far deeper than this financial aspect. A ...
News October 2013
... Report was distributed to members as an enclosure with the May issue of the BCMJ. This year’s annual report had a new look ... the draw. News Survey results: BCMA Annual Report 2012–2013 ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2013
... and made too many other people’s problems my own, which may have been a contributor to my divorce. Why should medical ... in facilities and make them work once again. Which health issue is not getting enough attention? End-of-life care and ... Interviews Q&A with Dr William Cunningham: BCMA President 2013–14 ...