152 NLMA Communique Volume 12, No. 4 (November 1993)

• Main Author: Newfoundland Medical Association
• Other Authors: Abbott, D.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Newfoundland Medical Association 1993
• Subjects: Newfoundland Medical Association; Medicine > Newfoundland and Labrador; Medical Education; Medicine > Study and Teaching (Continuing); Physicians > Training of; Medical Personnel > Training of; Physicians > Newfoundland and Labrador; Health > Newfoundland and Labrador; Medicine > Practice > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newsletters; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/NMA_Newslel/id/3703

NLMA Communiqu, Volume 12, No. 4 (November 1993) Highlights of October 30 meeting -- Board of Directors endorses MCP preamble changes and member insurance plan -- Board of Directors approves MCP preamble changes -- NLMA and WCC form Joint Management Committee -- New WCC Policy for Physiotherapy Referrals -- Physicians, take note, Therapeutic abortion program at Health Sciences Centre -- Social Services clarifies duty-to-report guidelines on sexual activity involving minors -- New reporting forms mean less confusion and more accurate driver records -- MD Funds show steady growth / Gerald Warren -- NLMA seeking member to serve on MD Advisory Board -- Adieu and farewell / Denis Abbott -- Debates on physician resource planning and health system financing dominate CMA Annual Meeting -- GP section update / J. C. Westby -- New Memorial University policy for accepting medical certificates / Russell O. Harpur -- NLMA seeks members to sit on Hearing Aid Dealers Board -- Physicians reminded that physician-initiated patient visits for meningococcal vaccine may be unethical / Ian McD. Simpson -- Family Physician Asthma group formed -- NLMA 1993 Scholarships -- UI simplifies claims for sickness benefits -- UI changes medical certificate for disability or maternity UI benefit - Physicians urged to use caution when prescribing warfarin / H. Russell Lake -- The Bulletin Board -- Call for Nominations Official organ of the Newfoundland Medical Association, published Sept. 1958-Nov. 1977. Changed name to Newfoundland Medical Association Journal with Vol. 20, No. 1 (Feb. 1978). Ceased publication with Vol. 22, No. 3 (Aug. 1980). Changed name to NMA Communiqu with Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar. 1987). Ceased publication with Vol. 11, No. 3 (Nov. 1992). The Newfoundland Medical Association changed its name to the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association and so changed name of their newsletter to NLMA Communiqu with Vol. 12, No. 1 (Mar. 1993). Ceased publication with Vol. 19, No. 2 (Spring 2000). Changed name to Nexus with Vol. 19, No. 3 ...