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Premise / BY: James M. Wright, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2019
The November 2018 issue of the BCMJ included two articles about ... would like to respond to the information provided in that issue by clarifying our organization’s goals and processes ... standards that increase their trustworthiness. The 2011 report of the US National Academies, “Clinical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... moving to a system of criteria-based privileging. Since 2011 the provincial Privileging Standards Project has been ... process and the dictionary as required.  At the end of November 2013, 20 dictionaries had been completed and 10 ... the profession, many of which we have discussed here. The issue of currency has been an especially hot topic for ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... motor vehicle crashes. From 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011, there were 68 alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths ... of the immediate roadside prohibition program.  At issue was whether the immediate roadside prohibition program ... upon detention (thereby violating Section 10(b)). On 30 November 2011, the Honourable Mr Justice Sigurdson held that ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... an advocate, strategist, and policy advisor to the BCMA in November 2011. BCMJ managing editor Jay Drap­er spoke to him in ... 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 ...
News September 2011
... for Dr Gordon Keith Heydon published in the July/August issue ( BCMJ 2011;53:301 ), Dr Heydon’s year of birth was listed ... incorrectly.  Dr Heydon’s correct birth date is 15 November 1929. The  BCMJ  apologizes for this error. —ED ...
Blog / BY: Amanda Lavigne, BScPN
... Harms related to substance use remain a top public health issue in virtually every jurisdiction across Canada. In ... on the state of public health in Canada 2019. Accessed 15 November 2021. ... care of patients who use illicit drugs. Contemp Nurse 2011;37:241-252.  6.    Abram MD. The role of the ...