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Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... Canada, and the second leading cause of cancer death as of 2015.[ 4 ] In 2010 the lifetime risk for developing breast ... with screening of RR 0.80 to 0.82.[ 6-8 ] These studies may, however, underestimate the current effectiveness of ... clinically apparent before the patient’s death. The issue then is one of results that precipitate overtreatment. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... department with postoperative concerns, meaning surgeons may not be aware of or involved in the identification and ... using data collected at Chilliwack General Hospital in 2015. The study was approved for commencement by the local ... result in fragmentation of postoperative care and is an issue for several reasons. First, patients who require ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Courtney Young, MBA, MD, FRCPC December 2017
... attention was focused on how QI could favorably affect the issue of medical errors. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was ... often navigate multiple care interfaces and consequently may experience fragmented care and poor outcomes.[ 5 ] This ... Streamlining the cardiology referral process In 2015 the Vancouver Division of Family Practice approached the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
Background On 6 February 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in  Carter v. Canada ... of quality assurance. Vancouver Island implementation In May 2016, the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island ... to the drugs required for assisted death has not been an issue. Prescribers and pharmacists have worked closely to ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2016
... The motion was accepted. Financial highlights for 2015 are provided on page 13 of the Doctors of BC 2015–2016 ... like to bring to the Board this year is temperance. This may help us be more efficient with our work.” . . . “To ... is not a productive use of our time and energy. The issue is that our two work models simply clash. Doctors are ...
News December 2015
... patients, leading scientists to consider that the enzyme may play a role in the human disease. The study suggests that ... Tumor Growth,” were published in the 15 October 2015 issue of  Molecular Cell , available online at  ...
News / BY: H. Douglas Cooper, MD, May 2015
By Eric Topol, MD. New York: Basic Books, 2015. ISBN 978-0-465-05474-9. Hardback, 364 pages. $32. You may already be familiar with this book but, if not, I urge ... into three sections. The first section deals with the issue of who is in charge of health care information. Here ...
Clinical Articles September 2001
... residents being trained in British Columbia to address the issue. Cardiologists fear these factors are currently ... BC per 100 000 population was calculated for 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. The number of cardiology residents needed to ... retention, and earlier or later retirement that may occur due to political or economic changes. Population ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
Lynn Holden, MD (UBC 1974) killed herself on 1 December 2015. She was 67 years old. Her family remembers her as a ... to themselves. In some situations the exhausted physician may even consider the symptoms to be a mark of heroism, of ... cowardliness in the line of fire) is a legitimate health issue. Monday, 10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day. ...
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