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Letters / BY: M.M. Moran, MB May 2003
... really don’t think this entitles her to comment on true practice in the North or in a rural or isolated area. The ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stuart Johnston, MD May 2003
... are preferentially referred to the Vanderhoof Family Practice Office or to the Vanderhoof Hospital. The nurse does ... no official letter of support from the band supporting the practice of collecting survey data. [28-34] Discussion We ... with job/career were satisfaction with current place of practice, fewer on-call shifts, sense of personal ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD June 2003
... areas, but is now recognized as a global problem. Family practice as we knew it seems to be a dying field. According ...
Letters / BY: A. Krisman, MD June 2003
... ward to the university classroom. In my later years of practice it seemed that many new nurses appeared on the scene ...
Letters / BY: Tom Pickles, MD, FRCPC June 2003
... hormone agonists (LHRHa) were introduced into clinical practice. Both are equally effective forms of castration. [1] ... castration” has more than tripled. Is this change in practice justified? A total of 10 randomized studies and two ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John H. Hay, MB July/August 2003
... without incurring excessive toxicity, but our present practice is to offer 6 cycles of postoperative chemotherapy ...
Editorials / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD July/August 2003
... issue on rectal cancer management, we present new data on practice patterns for management and on pathology reporting ... in 1996 and provide possible strategies for changing practice patterns in order to improve outcomes. Specifically, previous practice patterns brought patients urgently for conventional ...
Editorials / BY: Patricia M. Rebbeck, MB, ChB, FRCSC July/August 2003
The practice of medicine is changing rapidly—or so it seems to ... time. I am told that no one wants to do traditional family practice, that young and not-so-old doctors prefer locum and ... I am told that one cannot give away an established general practice, let alone sell it. I am told that specialists ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... over postoperative adjuvant therapy. From our review of practice patterns in 1996, we have identified potential ... use of preoperative adjuvant therapy. We need to alter practice patterns in our management of rectal cancer to ... can result in a slow and painful death. Clinical Articles Practice patterns and appropriateness of rectal cancer ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... rates. As explained in the previous article, “ Practice patterns and appropriateness of care for rectal ... on this change. This vision of interdisciplinary best practice is supported by the BC Cancer Agency Surgical ... receive the feedback necessary to audit their surgical practice. They will be able to assess outcomes of their ...