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Letters / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2004
... the trial as presented in January/February’s issue of the  BCMJ  ( 2004;46[1]:21-23 ) does not appear to be a valid test of the ... therapies, and giving front-page status to such articles may give credit where it is not due. —Lloyd Oppel, MD ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD May 2004
In this month’s issue there is a  letter  from a colleague complaining that ... on the treatment of fibromyalgia with acupuncture ( 2004;46(1):21-23 ) the BCMJ may have done a disservice to the doctors of BC. The author ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: M. Fyfe, MD, MSc June 2004
... Columbia. The risk that the virus will move into BC during 2004 remains high. There is also a risk that BC residents ... illnesses were West Nile fever, a dengue-like illness that may present with fever, headache, fatigue, myalgia, ... to the related paper by Dr Bigham on page 220 of this issue of the BCMJ. Reportability in BC Physicians must report ...
Letters / BY: Roger S. Tonkin, MDCM, FRCPC, OBC June 2004
... is to be commended for its excellent two-part theme issue on child maltreatment, and Dr Marie Hay’s article, ... sexual exploitation of children and youth”  (BCMJ 2004;46(3):119-122)  is particularly timely and should help ... for parent support, and for males). Any BC organization may apply for funding and readers are referred to the ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB July/August 2004
... on medicare? Take some consolation in the fact that this may be one of the last editorials needed on this topic. On 8 June 2004, the day after the 60th anniversary of D-Day, I returned ... to avoid taking their own positions on this important issue and deferred to the CMA. For the most part, the ...
Letters / BY: Paul R. Latimer, MD July/August 2004
In the May issue of the BCMJ ( 2004;46[4]:164 ) you have defended your decision to publish ... research on disorders without defined pathology. You may still argue that your decision to publish an article has ...
Clinical Articles October 2004
... reveals that practices concerning HIV test counseling may not be optimal. Common shortcuts in counseling—giving ... to generalize from this sample, primarily because of the issue of self-selection. Physicians who are more involved in ... (accessed 26 August 2004). Jurgens R, Palles M. HIV testing and confidentiality. ...
Letters / BY: Peter Rees, PhD, FRCPC December 2004
The authors of the BCMJ theme issue “The new era of treatable Alzheimer disease” ( September 2004;[7]:332-347 ) strongly condone the efficacy of ... will have learned of AD 2000 in the lay press during May. Because of the publication time line of the  BCMJ  ...