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Clinical Articles / BY: Erika Ono, MSW, RSW April 2019
... Surrey Place [Toronto, Ontario], 7 July 2017). Literature review In BC before the 1990s, children ... are delivered by different agencies and programs. Children may be eligible for a variety of community support services, ... their needs and advocate for their child. An additional issue for this family has been the requirement to sign a ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
... you’re looking at this scientifically, you might have an issue with the correlation of use to health risks, because one “daily user” may smoke all day, every day, and another “daily user” ... 304.3.  Date of first visit: January 2015 to October 2017. Inclusion criteria: Self-reported smoking cannabis > 20 ...
Premise / BY: James M. Wright, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2019
The November 2018 issue of the BCMJ included two articles about diabetes ... or progression or albuminuria.”[ 3 ] Similarly, the 2017 meta-analysis cited by Dr Clement and colleagues did not ... we agree with those who have concluded that conflicts may introduce insidious biases with the potential to impair ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark A. Lau, PhD, R.Psych January/February 2019
... to high-quality mental health services remains a critical issue in Canada and a treatment gap exists.  Primary care is ... or without anxiety identified in a primary care setting may not obtain a referral to specialized mental health ... nurse practitioner, or psychiatrist. As of January 2017, over 40 000 referrals to Bounce Back had been ...
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 ...
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 ... 60 000 emergency department visits annually. During 2017, 8772 surgeries were performed at CGH, including 4647 ... result in fragmentation of postoperative care and is an issue for several reasons. First, patients who require ...
News June 2018
BC Cancer and its Laboratory Services have identified an issue with the test used to screen for colon cancer. Recent ... A new reagent has been in use since mid-December 2017, when testing resumed after a 3-month suspension due to ... should talk to their doctor about diagnostic testing they may need. Factors that put people at greater risk include ...
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: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... other antihyperglycemic agents can confuse physicians and may result in widely variable quality of care as well as ... MD, FRCPC, Chair, TI Education Working Group, 21 March 2017, 9:05 p.m.). BC Pharmacare coverage The most recent ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...