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Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD October 2022
... Roe v. Wade , we must consider how this landmark decision may affect abortion care in Canada as well. Shortly after ... is similarly more difficult for certain populations. A 2013 Canadian study found that 18.1% of women living in ... fundamental right protected here, but access is an ongoing issue. Access to abortion services must be made consistently ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD July/August 2019
... concern (CECs) in transplanted mussels collected in 2012/2013 from locations near urbanized areas around Puget Sound. ... of opioids, the Washington study illustrates the larger issue of CECs in the environment and their potential adverse ... impacts. CECs of greatest concern include those which may not pose an immediate effect through acute exposure, as ...
Editorials / BY: Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS March 2018
... this way. With more coordinated and targeted therapy, it may also be possible to reduce treatment sequelae. Already ... of these concerns and complementing Part 1 of this theme issue, which dealt with diagnosis, Part 2 focuses on initial ... therapy at the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre since 2013. In the final article , Drs Connie Chiu, Brenda Lau, and ...
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  ( ...
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  ...
Letters / BY: William Gardner, MBChB, April 2014
... I was heartened to see that the January/February 2014 issue of the  BC Medical Journal  had four items on the ... issues. The core problem is a moral one. Though we may disagree with our patients’ moral values, in most cases ... of the one versus the group. Dr Allan Donkin ( BCMJ  2013;56:6 ) identified the inherent difficulties in resolving ...
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 ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, March 2014
... with Type 1 Diabetes” was published in the June 2012 issue of the  BC Medical Journal  ( BCMJ  2012;54:232-237 ... an advocacy movement has been afoot in BC. On 22 October 2013, in response to increasing pressure from families and ... examples of independent plans and other documents that may be of assistance to parents. Further details regarding ...
News&Notes / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2014
Annual Business Meeting and General Assembly  Saturday, 31 May 2014 • Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver This year’s ... report Following approval of the agenda and the 2013 AGM minutes, outgoing president Dr William Cunningham ... clarified that the increase came largely from a severance issue that occurred, not primarily from hiring new staff. Dr ...
Letters / BY: Barend Grobbelaar, MD, October 2013
... harder.” [ “A GP for Me”: Will it work?  BCMJ  2013;55:133 .] This quote does get to the nub of the issue of delivering quality primary care to all the citizens ... With the exception of the new telephone codes, which may increase efficiency, the majority of new fees pay us to ...