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Letters / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD October 2018
... on Astrocite III , faithfully recorded in the June 1968 issue. Or just let yourself go with “The man who stopped ... Moralis, MD (pseudonym of the retired psychiatrist) in the May 2008 issue. Then you might as well switch back to the ... by the then BCMA’s centenary celebration committee in 2000. Each of these artful pieces reminded me how far we have ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2014
... entire system is never going to be fixed--as soon as one issue is addressed, major or minor, something else crops up. ... president of the Society of General Practitioners in 1999/2000, my colleague and mentor Dr Ken Kolotyluk was the ... find that if you hear people out and you work together, it may take more time, but when you achieve a consensus decision ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2013
... of Medical Staff at Whitehorse General Hospital. In 2000, Dr Cunningham and his family moved to the Cowichan ... and made too many other people’s problems my own, which may have been a contributor to my divorce. Why should medical ... in facilities and make them work once again. Which health issue is not getting enough attention? End-of-life care and ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2006
... in a way that you’re not in the city. I remember back in 2000 when we had the dispute over our specialists. We ... it looks like a good package and a good way to change, it may be a major shift for the BCMA and the goals are to have ... and the best possible representation. Another difficult issue is economic representation. Surveys show that a ...
Letters / BY: Douglas C. Drummond, MD January/February 2005
In the September issue of this journal, several articles reviewed and endorsed ... have not proven their worth. To support their view, they may cite the AD2000 reported earlier this year. [2]  While ... that might be subsequently published such as the AD 2000 study in Lancet by Courtney and colleagues. [3]  As the ...
Letters / BY: Peter Rees, PhD, FRCPC December 2004
The authors of the BCMJ theme issue “The new era of treatable Alzheimer disease” ( ... and published in the Lancet were the findings of the AD 2000 Collaborative Group conducting an RCT on donepezil ... will have learned of AD 2000 in the lay press during May. Because of the publication time line of the  BCMJ  ...
Letters / BY: Warren Bell, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP(LM) October 2002
... Dixon-Warren’s request, which appeared in the June 2002 issue [ BCMJ  2002;44(5):234], asking for feedback on the ... conventional practice. Phraseology in the brochure like “may not be effective or safe,” “have not been ... therapy” (Resch KI, Ernst E, Garrow J. J R Soc Med 2000;93:164-167). The authors submitted identical papers, of ...
Letters / BY: Lorna Sent, MD April 2001
... BC Chinese women " (Hislop TG, Teh C, Lai A, et al. BCMJ 2000;42(10):456-460) confirms the suspicion of why the ... For example, the gender of the smear-taker is an important issue—the women are uncomfortable even with a male family ... the existing services to reach other ethnic groups that may encounter similar barriers in accessing health care. ...
Letters / BY: Dawn Graham January/February 2001
... to and supplement the  excellent article  in the June 2000 issue of the  British Columbia Medical Journal  [42(5):241] ... question? By properly answering these simple questions, we may prevent or decrease the epidemics Dr Cairns is referring ...
Letters / BY: Joanna Bates, MDCM, CCFP March 2001
... an anonymous letter printed in the  BC Medical Journal  (2000;42[8]:374) entitled "What’s Wrong With This Picture?" ... or her interview was inappropriate because of an equity issue is advised to contact my office immediately and we ... status: we currently inform applicants in late April/early May for admission in September. The UBC Faculty of Medicine ...