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Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... Mr Seckel became BC’s deputy attorney general in 2003, overseeing the administration of justice in the ... an advocate, strategist, and policy advisor to the BCMA in November 2011. BCMJ managing editor Jay Drap­er spoke to him ... for in those circumstances where it is a direct one-on-one issue or conflict. And yet now that I’m here, I see so many ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
... After initial research probing societal views on this issue,[ 9 ] the first LAD transplant was perform­ed in ... life support withdrawal.  The first DCD in BC occurred in November 2008. We believe that this donor source will ... retinopathy.  The first islet transplantation occurred in 2003, and since then 70 islet transplantations have been ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2007
For this theme issue on pandemic influenza, we assembled a panel of experts ... syndrome (SARS) emerged as a zoonotic infection in 2003 but did not cause a pandemic.[ 1 ] Rapid action by ... before reaching a peak, in terms of mortality, in October, November, or December.[ 4 ] In Australia, reports suggest the ...
News / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... Part 1 and 2 has also been revised and is included in this issue’s polybag.  The Antenatal Record Part 1 and 2 (BCPHP ... generally extending until the end of September. Since 2003, Canadian Blood Services has performed WNV nucleic acid ... myeloma. A patient and family conference will be held on 3 November 2007 in Vancouver at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... Council. Dr McManus was presented with the award on 6 November 2006 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver for leading ... and co-guest editor of the BCMJ’s September theme issue on patient safety (BCMJ 2006;48:324-341). Dr Michael ... Practice Obstetrical Care Incentive Program introduced in 2003. It provides a 50% bonus on the MSC Payment Schedule ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
... the monthly editions of e-News. Please note that as this issue of the Journal went to print, the Agreement was still ... process that was ratified by members in 2003. The macro-allocation portion of the process involves ... 115–1665 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6J 5A4 by 30 November 2006 (unless otherwise noted). BCMA Silver Medal of ...
News December 2006
... physicians during the SARS outbreak in Toronto in 2003. An added bonus is a foreword by world-renowned Canadian ... (they might want to buy the book as well). —DRR On 7 November 2006 Dr Vincent Lam was named the 2006 Giller Prize ... where a physician is deemed uninsurable, to decline to issue coverage altogether. The amount of coverage is based on ...
Letters / BY: Jack Burak, MD July/August 2005
... addressed was what I consider the single most important issue within our association: income disparity. I am informed ... This process was approved by a membership referendum in November 2003. —Jack Burak, MD BCMA President (Past) Letters Income ...
News June 2005
... such as decisions about electroconvulsive therapy. In November 2003, the BCMA’s Council on Health Promotion issued a press ... Psoriasis Education Program (PEP) has released the first issue of PEP Talk, a publication for people affected by ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael D.D. McNeely, MD, FRCPC, FCACB July/August 2005
... of eGFR values is covered in the other articles in this issue.) Because the MDRD equation for calculating eGFR was ... Medicine developed a common approach, and in October 2003 almost all laboratories in the province began to use the ... the method-based factor has been introduced into BC (as of November 2004), the web-based calculations of eGFR do not ...