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Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD October 2022
... Roe v. Wade , we must consider how this landmark decision may affect abortion care in Canada as well. Shortly after ... is similarly more difficult for certain populations. A 2013 Canadian study found that 18.1% of women living in ... fundamental right protected here, but access is an ongoing issue. Access to abortion services must be made consistently ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD July/August 2019
... concern (CECs) in transplanted mussels collected in 2012/2013 from locations near urbanized areas around Puget Sound. ... of opioids, the Washington study illustrates the larger issue of CECs in the environment and their potential adverse ... impacts. CECs of greatest concern include those which may not pose an immediate effect through acute exposure, as ...
Editorials / BY: Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS March 2018
... this way. With more coordinated and targeted therapy, it may also be possible to reduce treatment sequelae. Already ... of these concerns and complementing Part 1 of this theme issue, which dealt with diagnosis, Part 2 focuses on initial ... therapy at the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre since 2013. In the final article , Drs Connie Chiu, Brenda Lau, and ...
Letters / BY: William Gardner, MBChB, April 2014
... I was heartened to see that the January/February 2014 issue of the  BC Medical Journal  had four items on the ... issues. The core problem is a moral one. Though we may disagree with our patients’ moral values, in most cases ... of the one versus the group. Dr Allan Donkin ( BCMJ  2013;56:6 ) identified the inherent difficulties in resolving ...
Letters / BY: Barend Grobbelaar, MD, October 2013
... harder.” [ “A GP for Me”: Will it work?  BCMJ  2013;55:133 .] This quote does get to the nub of the issue of delivering quality primary care to all the citizens ... With the exception of the new telephone codes, which may increase efficiency, the majority of new fees pay us to ...
Letters / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, July/August 2013
... by the rather dismissive tone of Dr Richardson’s May 2013 editorial regarding the clinical services proposals made ... and so the more they do the more money is saved. On the issue of the clinical services we believe should be adopted ...
Letters / BY: Judith Hammond, July/August 2013
... diets: Facts for patients on this food fad,”  BCMJ  2013;55:161 ].[ 1 ] Although I do not doubt that faddism ... with our patients—there are some aspects of the issue that we understand well, some that are controversial ... mind when communicating with patients: what is dogma today may be called into question by new evidence tomorrow. If all ...
Blog / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC
... distribution.[ 2 ] Inequality has become a hot button issue in the politics of Western liberal democracies. It has been brought into focus recently by the 2013 book Capital in the Twenty-First Century , by Thomas ... amplify results. Farnum Street [blog]. Accessed 15 May 2019. https://fs.blog/2017/11/power-laws .  2.   ...