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Clinical Articles / BY: Andy Jiang, BSc December 2018
... deaths nationwide that year.[ 5 ] The trend continued in 2017, with 1452 deaths in BC from illicit drug poisoning.[ 4 ... unstudied even though these are undoubtedly also an issue. Since a greater understanding of all-cause poisoning ... results that indicate the risk of unintentional poisonings may be intrinsically linked to a particular developmental ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
... health care in BC First Nations populations in BC may receive different health care services based on whether ... and services than non-Indigenous people. In October 2017 FNHA joined BC Pharmacare and the new plan Plan W ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD September 2018
... and social media, and found an article published in 2017 by the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) that addressed this issue.[ 1 ] The CMPA suggests that “physicians who share ... The article also mentioned that physicians may share identifiable personal health information if the ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2018
... parallels to alcohol consumption in our province. Adults may possess up to 30 grams of cannabis in a public place. If ... will have on medicinal marijuana use. I mused about this issue in my June 2017 BCMJ editorial. Unless the price of the medicinal ...
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 ... Transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Accessed 1 April 2017. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
... of quality assurance. Vancouver Island implementation In May 2016, the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island ... Island in that time (7100 expected deaths in 2016/2017).[ 4 ] Patients ranged in age from 49 to 96 (74.75) ... to the drugs required for assisted death has not been an issue. Prescribers and pharmacists have worked closely to ...
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