We could be forgiven for being bored with politics. In a timeline of just a few months we have lived through Canadian and United States federal elections, provincial by-elections, and municipal... Read More
Editorials
As a full-service family practitioner, I often feel like the guy from Star Trek. No, not Kirk, nor Spock, Bones, or Scotty. Not even Sulu. No, the other guy. You know the one—the guy who is... Read More
During one of my recent clinics I saw a patient, “Joe,” in follow-up several months after a lung transplant. I had been involved in his care for the better part of 15 years, watching the inevitable... Read More
It started in the night and I wasn’t even naked. My generalized abdominal pain gradually worsened but was only a mild ache by the morning. I vomited after eating my lunch and thought I must have the... Read More
Fifty years ago, as we have read (ad nauseam), the British Columbia Medical Journal was born. Fifty years ago, I was not yet born; I was not even a twinkle in my father’s eye! I arrived on the scene... Read More