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Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC April 2023
... PR campaign in the history of the universe.” Prior to 2002, hormone therapy was common. However, after the early ... BCMJ articles on managing menopause in the October 2022 issue (insert winking emoji). The ongoing challenge is ... versus benefits need to be individualized. Practitioners may struggle to find the time for a thorough discussion on ...
Letters / BY: Kobus de Jager, MBBS September 2014
... average citizen, and perhaps even the average physician, may view death with dignity, a good death, aid in dying, ... has been far more rapid, with statutory implementation in 2002 and a more recent inclusion of neonates and children. ... terminate their life on request? Anyone debating this issue, be it for or against physician-assisted suicide, needs ...
MDs To Be / BY: Christian Wiens, BSc(Pharm), May 2009
... representatives of the pharmaceutical industry. Indeed, a 2002 article in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggested ... residency training.”[ 3 ] The CMA does not opine on the issue of lecturer conflicts of interest in medical school ... their relationship with the pharmaceutical industry may affect their judgment. Regrettably, the British Columbia ...
MDs To Be / BY: Lee MacKay, BSc, April 2007
... to the woes of the public health care system in BC, the issue of how best to fix the problems being faced by BC’s ... health authorities by the Liberal provincial government in 2002 and the resulting loss of health services in many ... British Columbia’s health cooperative movement may be able to transform our national health care system and ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, November 2007
... membership voted on the new Physician Master Agreement in May of this year, with 95% of those who voted voting in favor ... Second Master Agreement, the Working Agreement, the 2002 Memorandum of Agreement, the 2003 Memorandum of ... of services. Included in the polybag with this month’s issue of the  BC Medical Journal  is a Membership Guide to ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Westby, MD September 2005
... offices were fully electronic at that time. In the fall of 2002 after 10 years of locum work, I set up my own practice ... be scanned into his permanent records. Members may be interested to know that duplicate prescriptions date ... attach these into an EMR system is a significant resource issue as it takes up both the time of the physician and staff ...
Letters / BY: Alastair S.E. Younger, MBChB, ChM, FRCSC December 2004
... to hear from any other member of the BCMA with a similar issue with Revenue Canada and home office expenses. If enough members are interested then we may be able to file a class action appeal against Revenue ... of a greater audit. There was an interesting tax case (2002 DTC 3815) at the Tax Court of Canada that dealt with ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD March 2003
... comparison” by Gobrial et al. in the December issue [ BCMJ 2002;44(10):537 ] questions whether “suboptimal management ... region is not due to inferior management of diabetes” may be true, but their data certainly do not support such a ...
Letters / BY: Warren Bell, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP(LM) October 2002
... Brian 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 ...
Letters / BY: Jim Henderson September 2002
... article “Availability of electronic full text ( BCMJ 2002;44(4):181 ), you looked at 44 articles in the February issue of  Sites and Bytes . I have tried to do research in ... to BC College members. In being unbiased and brief, I may have conveyed a more positive view of electronic ...