“Do you have time to come in and say ‘hi’ to your sister?” “I have a sister? Why didn’t anyone ever tell me?” This is a conservation I recently had with my father. He was referring to my mother... Read More
Editorials
I feel like I am not unusual in sometimes planning to just shoot off an important or timely email when I have the required 2 minutes, especially when I know I might forget about it or just not get to... Read More
“Hello Mr Smith, I’m Dr Richardson and I have been assigned as your physician during your hospital stay,” I stated as I approached a frail, cognitively and hearing impaired elderly gentleman on the... Read More
This will be my last BCMJ editorial. The editor has politely refrained from asking if I’m thinking of leaving the Editorial Board . . . but now it’s time. To everything there is a season. As well... Read More
“Hey doc, I can’t sleep.” “What do you mean you can’t sleep?” “I’m dog tired, but when I go to bed I just lie there and nothing happens.” I’m sure many of you are faced with this patient... Read More