“Doc, we’ve been through thick and thin together, and I need you to come through this one last time.” In 2016 when Bill C-14 was enacted, allowing medical assistance in dying (MAID) for eligible... Read More
Editorials
This is my first BCMJ editorial, so I would like to introduce myself and offer my perspective on the enormous changes I have witnessed in the practice of medicine since being licensed in 1986. I... Read More
Life is like that sometimes—one minute you’re sitting around the Editorial Board table and the next someone is saying how it’s time to make the BCMJ more like its editor—classic, durable, and meant... Read More
“Good morning, Ms S. What brings you in today?” As I ask the question I see that she is clutching a tax credit disability form and there is a vitamin B12 vial sitting on the counter. Before she... Read More
Surely there are primary care physicians who enjoy dealing with the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)—I just haven’t met any of them. I am pretty confident that the family physicians... Read More