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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...