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Beyond Medicine / BY: Thomas S. Watson, MD, DPhil March 2021
... meta-analysis (by Yousefifard and colleagues[ 8 ] in 2016), which found the sensitivity of ultrasound for rib ... and identified what they viewed as the most significant issue with existing studies supporting ultrasound: the ... physicians at initial presentation of minor blunt trauma may in fact speed up rib fracture diagnosis by helping triage ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2017
... was approved unanimously, as were the minutes of the 2016 AGM. President’s report Dr Ruddiman stated he’d ... Doctors of BC will ensure adequate communication on this issue. There being no further questions, the motion to accept ... guys. They did give us a very nice lunch, though. You may wonder, “How did things evolve to me being so ...
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 ...
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 ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2016
4 June 2016, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC   Doctors of BC ... like to bring to the Board this year is temperance. This may help us be more efficient with our work.” . . . “To ... is not a productive use of our time and energy. The issue is that our two work models simply clash. Doctors are ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... all the generalist pieces of being a family doctor my dad may not have had an opportunity that day to receive the best ... the health care needs of our populations. What health care issue do you think is not getting enough attention right now? ... deliver that, we’re doomed to fail in health care in 2016. You are also highly engaged on Twitter. How has social ...
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: 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. ...
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. ...