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Clinical Articles / BY: Hannah Gibson, MBChB May 2023
... presented an overview of a range of outcomes for more than 2000 participants across five cities, which included housing, ... agency. Interviews were conducted between 1 August and 2 September 2020 [ Table ]. Medical conditions were grouped ... for chronic disease and did not know the extent of the issue until the nurse took his blood pressure. Other staff ...
Obituaries / BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD June 2015
Dr Gur Sharan Singh was born on 25 September 1936 in the city of Jullundur, Punjab, India. He ... and appreciated by the profession, as evidenced by a 2000-strong packed rally at the Vancouver Convention Centre, ... for all his work. I vividly remember the September 1991 issue of the  BCMJ  when both Manu and Gur were featured on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Zamil Karim, MD, FRCPC, October 2013
... Methods A retrospective chart review was conducted from 1 September to 31 October 2010 at two teaching hospitals in ... and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1997.  In 2000 the patient sued the gastroenterologist, claiming that ... prednisone prescribed might have been excessive.  On the issue of informed consent, the judge believed that a ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, December 2009
... an update on progress and status. There are now over 2000 physicians enrolled in the PITO program—slightly over ... per month over the summer months and 70 to 80 per month in September and October, and is projected to be well over 100 ... see  www.pito.bc.ca/specialists  and refer to previous issue of the BCMJ.[ 2 , 3 ] Private Physician Network In ...
News July/August 2007
... information sessions throughout British Columbia in September, giving you an opportunity to find out more about ... Open Enrollment will be coming your way in the September issue of the  BCMJ. —Sandie Braid, CEBS Assistant ... join a group practice, and a New Practice Supplement of $2000 per week for the first 26 weeks of practice. Eligible ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2006
... to deal with this, so some of those motions will go to our September meeting. What’s your schedule as president—are ... in a way that you’re not in the city. I remember back in 2000 when we had the dispute over our specialists. We ... and the best possible representation. Another difficult issue is economic representation. Surveys show that a ...
Letters / BY: Douglas C. Drummond, MD January/February 2005
In the September issue of this journal, several articles reviewed ... that might be subsequently published such as the AD 2000 study in Lancet by Courtney and colleagues. [3]  As the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Jarchow, MSW March 2004
... than expected. Investigating child abuse In 1999–2000, British Columbia child welfare authorities completed 24 ... a fall could not have caused both injuries. Randal died in September 1998 with “at least a dozen cracked ribs, a ... has been difficult. Generally, retention has not been an issue. Once exposed to the interdisciplinary approach, most ...
Letters / BY: Peter Rees, PhD, FRCPC December 2004
The authors of the BCMJ theme issue “The new era of treatable Alzheimer disease” ( September 2004;[7]:332-347 ) strongly condone the efficacy of ... and published in the Lancet were the findings of the AD 2000 Collaborative Group conducting an RCT on donepezil ...
Letters / BY: Joanna Bates, MDCM, CCFP March 2001
... an anonymous letter printed in the  BC Medical Journal  (2000;42[8]:374) entitled "What’s Wrong With This Picture?" ... or her interview was inappropriate because of an equity issue is advised to contact my office immediately and we ... inform applicants in late April/early May for admission in September. The UBC Faculty of Medicine sees the selection and ...