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Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... density; 36% have category C: heterogeneously dense, which may obscure small masses; and 7% have category D: extremely ... breast tomosynthesis was approved by Health Canada in 2012, and several sites in BC acquired the technology. It is ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... withdrawing life-sustaining therapy[ 1,2 ] suggest people may be confused about their right to make life-determining ... can help make the individual feel heard and supported. A 2012 systematic review and meta-ethnography of the underlying ... The author is currently guest editing a theme issue on palliative care that she hopes to publish in the  ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC May 2013
... the BCMA’s pledge to support its members who are now, or may in the fu­ture become, clinical faculty teachers/mentors ... copy was not seen until 10 months later on 26 March 2012 when the Section of Clinical Faculty president received ... wording in the LOI calls into question.  I take no issue with those involved in the system, only with the system ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) November 2013
... EMR adoption rates have risen from 23% in 2006 to 56% in 2012, countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and ... physicians set to retire in the next couple of years, it may make sense to forgo the expense and time-consuming ... typed emergency record the very next morning? In this issue of the BCMJ you can read more about this topic and ...
Letters / BY: Dana Cole, BScPharm, December 2012
The premise for Dr Miller’s letter in the September issue [ BCMJ  2012;54:327 ] appears to be a recent decision by the BC ... In fact, the BCHA P&T committee made a decision at the 24 May 2012 meeting to add ticagrelor to the formulary with ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD June 2012
... issues in lifestyle counseling. In the BCMJ April issue I was glad to see the Council on Health Promotion ... focus to health, not weight: First, do no harm,  BCMJ  [ 2012;54:144 ].  Weight loss is incredibly difficult for most ... makes them depressed, and adds to the negative image they may al­ready have of themselves. Despite occasional ...
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 ... the subsidiary agreements is from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2012. The Physician Master Agreement supersedes the Amended ... of services. Included in the polybag with this month’s issue of the  BC Medical Journal  is a Membership Guide to ...