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Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC January/February 2003
... doctor might work all day in the clinic (a busy day: 18 people), be called out twice during the night, drive to ... and take care of a major MVA with four badly hurt people that night. The numbers aren’t the story; the hours ... Health Centre has beds to accommodate, in a pinch, four people overnight. However, it means that someone has to be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC January/February 2003
... capacity of the human nervous system, people develop cognitive schemas or templates to organize ... influence the manner in which new information about people is perceived and assimilated. It is hypothesized that ... of this question is to allay anxiety. A common fear of people contemplating conjoint therapy is that the process ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hiram Mok, MA, MB BCh, BAO, FRCPC March 2003
... by the Greater Vancouver Mental Health Services by Chinese people has risen from 7.5% in 1990 to 9% in 1993 and 12.3% in ... findings help to dispel the misconception that all Chinese people are the same. There are differences in terms of how ...
Letters / BY: George E. Price, MD March 2003
... school is to produce doctors who care for ill or injured people. Doctors must learn clinical skills that cannot be ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD March 2003
... who has already had a documented MI. [1]  Up to 80% of people with diabetes will die from a cardiovascular event. On ... weight reduction and physical activity). I apologize to people who may have been misled in believing management of ... in the two practices when the recommendations suggest more people should be on insulin. I don’t know the answer to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Evan Wood, MD, PhD, ABIM, FRCPC April 2003
... As a result, courts have become clogged with addicted people; in Canada over 50 000 people were charged with drug offences in 1999 and an ... the United States. For instance, America has 100 000 more people behind bars for non-violent drug offences than the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Timothy K.S. Christie, PhD April 2003
... of their infection. [1-15]  The partners of index cases (people newly diagnosed with HIV) are at extremely high risk ... of partner notification. There are approximately 17 000 people in Canada who are HIV-positive but unaware of their serostatus, and there are roughly 1000 people per year who receive their HIV diagnosis at the same ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stuart Johnston, MD May 2003
... of echocardiographic and radiographic images, homecare for people with chronic illnesses (such as diabetes, congestive ... of Stoney Creek and Vanderhoof (population 4400), people with complicated primary care problems or emergency ... Creek rural video network link was underutilized. People- related factors—that is, excessive workloads and ...
Letters / BY: James E Parker, MB June 2003
... on this matter. These same first responders are also the people on the frontlines in exposure to SARS. —James E ...
Letters / BY: Donald J. Young, MD June 2003
... province over other preparations. But now you remove some people’s stake in the process. If you have a higher income ... from becoming as expensive as in the US if the majority of people are just going to be paying for them outright? How ... age criterion. One choice would have a positive impact for people with lower incomes, the other a positive impact for ...