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Letters / BY: Mary Donlevy, MD April 2017
I do not believe this is only an issue of us providing better care for the dying [“Medical ... Living with dignity until life naturally ends,”  BCMJ  2016;59:49 ]. Although I agree that we need to study how to ... other scenarios. If they die naturally, their loved ones may be at work, in another city, or sleeping. The issue of ...
Letters / BY: J.N. Mahy, MD, FRCSC, FACS September 2016
... “Thoughts on professionalism” in the June issue ( BCMJ 2016;58:247), I would like to add comments pertaining to his ... to pay us. Mercenaries, agents of the state, whatever you may want to call us, we are no longer the healers of the ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Will Offley, RN December 2016
... Lisa Kwindt, BC Centre for Disease Control, 11 January 2016). Nor does the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority,[ 3 ] ... are not the same thing. There are many ways an individual may be infected with influenza despite having had the annual ... and in the absence of an outbreak.”[ 12 ] Also at issue is the practical matter of wearing masks. It appears ...
Letters / BY: Mike Figurski, MD, CA-CPHIMS December 2016
... monitoring after ambulatory breast cancer surgery [ BCMJ 2016;58(8):448-453 ]. I do not believe reported results ... (3+34/37 vs 11+24/35) is almost significant at .055%. This may be due to overtreatment of possible infection in the app ... references to a commercial product, particularly when the issue includes a full-page paid ad. —Mike Figurski, MD ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, March 2008
... practising BCMA members were invited to participate, and 2016 members completed the survey, giving it an impressive ... response rate.   The full results are enclosed in this issue of the BCMJ, and I encourage you to read them. On the ... that affect practising members.  These last two concerns may be ad­dressed with the implementation of the proposed ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... of Anatomy: A surgical case study” in the September 2019 issue of Surgery . Dr William Seidelman, UBC graduate, ... the accurate and artistically superior anatomical atlas may save lives and it even honors the memory of the victims, ... science during the Third Reich. New York: Berghahn Books, 2016. Hill R. Jack McCreary: Paediatrician, pedagogue, ...
Blog / BY: Amanda Lavigne, BScPN
... helps raise awareness of the impacts of stigma and may increase motivation to change stigmatizing behaviors and ... Harms related to substance use remain a top public health issue in virtually every jurisdiction across Canada. In ... a public health emergency was declared in the province in 2016, with 49% of deaths occurring during the pandemic.1 In ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... significantly different perspectives.  In the July/August issue of the BCMJ , the importance of “Incorporating ... of community, team work, and inclusion. Such outcomes may be important to populations that face stigma, isolation, ... using compositional analyses. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2016;41(6 suppl 3):S294-302. Dumuid D, Olds T, Sawyer SM. ...
Blog / BY: Shelina Babul, PhD
... department visits in British Columbia for concussions in 2016/2017, 40% of patients were under 19 years of age. It is ... brain injury, and experts suspect this significant health issue is still widely underreported. The BC-specific data do ... for high performance sport in Canada. Accessed 24 May 2019. ...