Advance care planning is a communication process between the patient, his or her family, and health care providers to determine preferences for care should the patient become incapable of making... Read More
Council on Health Promotion
The BCMA’s Council on Health Promotion (COHP) has been in existence since 1957, with the subcommittee on Aboriginal Health following in 1968. The Committee on Aboriginal Health (COAH) is an essential... Read More
Indiscriminate use of natural resources and increased output of noxious end products during manufacturing processes is threatening the very existence of our planet. Most would agree that positive... Read More
Progress toward creating a Bill of Health Care Rights for British Columbian children and youth. The BCMA is poised to be the first provincial medical association to develop a Bill of Health Care... Read More
In this year’s April issue of the BCMJ (49[3]:146-147), I reported on the regional preparedness exercise conducted in Cranbrook, British Columbia. The overall exercise seemed to be successful;... Read More