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Beyond Medicine / BY: Jacob L. Stubbs, BKin May 2019
... allowed to have someone else inject them. That’s not an issue at OPS; your partner can inject you, you can find ... responses to the opioid crisis in British Columbia. In 2017, its peer workers—all individuals from the Downtown ... to 417 overdoses, and recorded zero deaths. In mid-September 2018, I interviewed Mr Grigg about his experiences ...
Letters / BY: Melissa Carr, DrTCM, BSc January/February 2018
... a letter published in the Personal View section of the September 2017 issue [ BCMJ  2017;59:348 ]. The letter reports on two ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... MD, FRCPC, Chair, TI Education Working Group, 21 March 2017, 9:05 p.m.). BC Pharmacare coverage The most recent ... table. Despite these concerns, the Therapeutics Letter of September/October 2017 names canagliflozin and dapagliflozin ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... 60 000 emergency department visits annually. During 2017, 8772 surgeries were performed at CGH, including 4647 ... collection using this process took place from 7 July to 30 September 2015. Only the data that was collected between 7 ... result in fragmentation of postoperative care and is an issue for several reasons. First, patients who require ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD November 2018
In the September issue of the BCMJ , Ms Fahra Rajabali and ... $922 million.[ 1 ] Dr Richardson’s editorial in the same issue asked for good studies,[ 2 ] and Dr Cadesky asked us to ... of reducing road crashes.” In the years 2008 through 2017, 3268 people died in motor vehicle incidents in British ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2017
3 June 2017, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC To kick off the ... the new, smaller Board, which will become operational in September. He stated that the strong working relationships ... Doctors of BC will ensure adequate communication on this issue. There being no further questions, the motion to accept ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2016
... Vancouver, BC   Doctors of BC Elected Officials 2016–2017 President: Dr Alan Ruddiman Past President: Dr Charles ... position and accompanying resources will be released in September.” . . . The environment we practise in, the world ... is not a productive use of our time and energy. The issue is that our two work models simply clash. Doctors are ...
Blog / BY: Liam Brunham, MD, PhD, FRCPC
September 2018 marked the 20th anniversary of the World ... (FH) as an important global public health issue.[1] FH results in life-long elevations in low density ... A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2017;7:e016461. 3.    Nordestgaard BG, Chapman MJ, ...