176 NLMA Communique Volume 17, No. 4 (Fall 1998)

• Main Author: Newfoundland Medical Association
• Other Authors: Collins, L.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Newfoundland Medical Association 1998
• 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/4095

NLMA Communiqu, Volume 17, No. 4 (Fall 1998) Being NLMA President Certainly Makes Life Interesting / Dr. Alan McComiskey -- 1998-99 Board of Directors -- Check out NLMA's homepage -- The 1999 Federal Budget - Will it be a health care budget? / Bruce Squires -- Welcome to the NLMA -- Scope of practice defined for nurse practitioners -- Highlights: NLMA Board Meeting October 3, 1998 -- Process for micro allocation -- Disparity allocation -- Strategic direction for the association -- MCP payment schedule review -- Settlement reached -- Association finances -- Student issues -- NLMA scholarships -- Rotation of annual general meeting -- Physician Health and Well-Being -- NLMA Committees -- Attention retired physicians -- Available from the NLMA -- NLMA delegates challenge Allan Rock's commitment to health care -- Highlights of resolutions passed at 1998 General Council -- News from the CMA: CMA and other health groups unite to demand more federal funding for health care -- MCP to cover visits -- Physicians and MedicAlert -- Quest for surplus medical equipment -- Protect yourself from a bear market / Robert E. Kavanagh -- From Peer to Peer / Anthony Lordon, M.D. -- Bulletin Board 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 (Summer 2000). Issues include numerous advertisements.