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Letters / BY: Mary Donlevy, MD April 2017
I do not believe this is only an issue of us providing better care for the dying [“Medical ... Living with dignity until life naturally ends,”  BCMJ  2016;59:49 ]. Although I agree that we need to study how to ... other scenarios. If they die naturally, their loved ones may be at work, in another city, or sleeping. The issue of ...
Obituaries / BY: Susan Bond January/February 2017
... F. Bond died peacefully in his 91st year on 5 November 2016 in his hometown of Kimberley, BC. Alan’s only ambition ... with the College and was a real firebrand on the issue of medical ethics. The ideals of the Hippocratic oath ... 2017 at the Kimberley Elks Club. Donations in his memory may be made to the Kootenay Wildlife Heritage Fund, PO Box ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Will Offley, RN December 2016
... Lisa Kwindt, BC Centre for Disease Control, 11 January 2016). Nor does the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority,[ 3 ] ... are not the same thing. There are many ways an individual may be infected with influenza despite having had the annual ... and in the absence of an outbreak.”[ 12 ] Also at issue is the practical matter of wearing masks. It appears ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... all the generalist pieces of being a family doctor my dad may not have had an opportunity that day to receive the best ... the health care needs of our populations. What health care issue do you think is not getting enough attention right now? ... deliver that, we’re doomed to fail in health care in 2016. You are also highly engaged on Twitter. How has social ...
Letters / BY: J.N. Mahy, MD, FRCSC, FACS September 2016
... “Thoughts on professionalism” in the June issue ( BCMJ 2016;58:247), I would like to add comments pertaining to his ... to pay us. Mercenaries, agents of the state, whatever you may want to call us, we are no longer the healers of the ...
Letters / BY: Mike Figurski, MD, CA-CPHIMS December 2016
... monitoring after ambulatory breast cancer surgery [ BCMJ 2016;58(8):448-453 ]. I do not believe reported results ... (3+34/37 vs 11+24/35) is almost significant at .055%. This may be due to overtreatment of possible infection in the app ... references to a commercial product, particularly when the issue includes a full-page paid ad. —Mike Figurski, MD ...