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Editorials / BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC January/February 2022
... now provide this care in their communities. In 2015, the Provincial Health Services Authority became ... Surgery Clinic, opened at Vancouver General Hospital in September 2019; it is Western Canada’s only hospital that ... Transgender Health. This first part of this BCMJ  theme issue highlights health care service delivery and educational ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... using data collected at Chilliwack General Hospital in 2015. The study was approved for commencement by the local ... collection using this process took place from 7 July to 30 September 2015. Only the data that was collected between 7 ... result in fragmentation of postoperative care and is an issue for several reasons. First, patients who require ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2016
... The motion was accepted. Financial highlights for 2015 are provided on page 13 of the Doctors of BC 2015–2016 ... position and accompanying resources will be released in September.” . . . The environment we practise in, the world ... is not a productive use of our time and energy. The issue is that our two work models simply clash. Doctors are ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Brad Fritz, MD September 2015
... care program in British Columbia, was recognized on 1 September 2015. But long before any government was prepared to do so, ... and reports about medical care in Canada than on any other issue, 350 in all. That commission spent 3 years examining ...
News / BY: Goldis Mitra, MD, CCFP January/February 2015
... 14th Annual Resident Awareness Week from 16 to 20 February 2015. Resident Awareness Week is a national event that aims ... that we sometimes neglect to take care of ourselves. Last September two of our colleagues in New York took their own ... in medicine more broadly—we intensify the issue. Recognition is the first step to addressing the ...
Obituaries / BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD June 2015
Dr Gur Sharan Singh was born on 25 September 1936 in the city of Jullundur, Punjab, India. He ... for all his work. I vividly remember the September 1991 issue of the  BCMJ  when both Manu and Gur were featured on ... MD New Westminster Obituaries Dr Gur Sharan Singh, 1936–2015 ...
Letters / BY: Brian Winsby, MD November 2015
I read the letter to the editor in your September issue titled “ MSP: Changes to compensation for teaching ” [ BCMJ  2015;57:275] with great concern as it contained some ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, March 2014
... with Type 1 Diabetes” was published in the June 2012 issue of the  BC Medical Journal  ( BCMJ  2012;54:232-237 ... full implementation scheduled for the start of the 2014–2015 school year. One highly anticipated change will be ... for glucagon and insulin administration (January 2014 and September 2014, respectively). Prior to policy implementation ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... of 1 January 2018.  Dr Bradley A. Fritz’ article in the September 2015 issue of the BCMJ , “The origins of publicly funded medical ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
Lynn Holden, MD (UBC 1974) killed herself on 1 December 2015. She was 67 years old. Her family remembers her as a ... cowardliness in the line of fire) is a legitimate health issue. Monday, 10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day. A perfect time for ...