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President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD October 2009
... the severity of this year’s flu season might be, the media has perpetuated the H1N1 hype to such a degree that we ... should be made available at the entrance to the waiting room with a sign explaining that patients who arrive with ... patients with flu symptoms. Perhaps segregate your waiting room, if possible, or have patients with flu symptoms ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC July/August 2009
... to Victoria! Since arriving here in “God’s waiting room” they have increased their demands by asking to be ... antifungal medications. It received much attention in the media and health magazines in the past. A position paper of ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2008
... detail people, collegial conversations in the OR change room, and an occasional weekend conference.  On Monday ... pertinence of scientific publication, the role of print media, the hierarchy of evidence, the definition of evidence ... I’ve often wondered (quietly to myself in a very dark room) why no one has ever suggested that I should quit. ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB December 2008
... destroyer/Darth Vader of health care, the elephant in the room, Dr Profit, and some others that I cannot put into ... a reality check for the public, politicians, and the media. For the European Consumer Powerhouse to rank Canadian ... Canadian system. —BD Editorials Medicine, the media, and politics ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, October 2007
... paper A Prescription for Quality. Each garnered a lot of media and member response. Following this was the CMA’s ... maneuver between the chickens in the open-walled emergency room. The suture used looked like 00 green nylon in large ...
Editorials / BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD September 2006
... people in British Columbia and Canada with his very public media presence chronicling his challenges in dealing with ... over broken glass for the opportunity to be in the same room as Bill Clinton and Bill Gates. Their combined political ...
News / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2006
... with traditional dialysis, as well as fewer emergency room visits and less frequent need for hospitalization. For ... it quite clear that the darling of the North American media in the early years of this decade was a long way from ... drug company, the university, the hospital hierarchy, the media, some of her colleagues, and Dr Olivieri herself should ...
President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD June 2005
... profession. I have had many interesting and stimulating media interviews concerning the sustainability of our ... experienced by our patients. Waiting times, emergency room chaos, lack of sufficient acute care hospital beds, ... I attempted to improve our image with the public and the media as well as converse with government in an attempt to ...
President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD March 2005
... by politicians and health care providers on the news media. I’ve talked publicly about the need to ensure the ... up more operating rooms and give surgeons more operating room time. There are many other constant and perennial health ...
Blog / BY: Jack Chang, MD
... size on TV shows and movies, comedy skits, and social media posts. Locker room syndrome, harmful media, and a lack of mental health support validate the ...