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Premise / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, January/February 2010
... discredited as a treatment for most ailments. The practice of bloodletting began around 3000 years ago with the ... AD) declared blood as the most dominant humor, the practice of venesection gained even greater importance.[ 2 ] ... million words. He had an extraordinary effect on medical practice and his teaching persisted for many centuries. His ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC March 2010
... procedure was built into our program as standard practice from the outset. Very rarely, patients may be asked ... rates of 20% to 50%. PSA outcomes It is a common practice to inform patients of treatment outcomes using data ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Green, MD, FCFP March 2010
... not obtain the operative experience necessary for future practice if work hours are limited.[ 8 ]  Meanwhile, in ... would affect procedural competency and preparedness for practice. These correlations were performed while controlling ... believed that they would still be adequately prepared for practice even with tighter restrictions show­ed a moderate ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) March 2010
Two hundred years ago the practice of medicine was a field notable for its reliance on ... of government officials in the discussions around scope of practice, and it appears with some regularity in the ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, March 2010
The General Practice Services Committee’s Practice Support Program (PSP) held a pilot learning session ... before the summer.  —Liza Kallstrom Executive Lead, Practice Support Program Professional Relations, BCMA Family ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, March 2010
... . Drivers’ medical examinations Physicians in active practice, particularly general practitioners, are presented ...
Letters / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, March 2010
... with directly.  However, there have been times in my practice when I have received a request for records and have ...
Letters / BY: Eugene Leduc, MD March 2010
... of a patient’s medical record, especially in a family practice, is pertinent to a motor vehicle injury and much of ...
MDs To Be / BY: Jenny Ko, March 2010
... On the one hand, competence is decision-specific in practice; a person may possess the mental capacity to make ... of euthanasia not only increases the likelihood that the practice of euthanasia will be abused for economic gain, but ... be the reason for requesting euthanasia.[ 10 ]  Moreover, practice of euthanasia assigns social worth and accordingly ...
News / BY: Jeremy Daniels, March 2010
... and treatment diagram that Dr Finestone uses in his practice to enhance patient comprehension. The book concludes ...