As a pathologically goal-oriented person, I find long waits in line are usually a teeth-gnashing, expletive-mumbling endurance test, but a recent 2-hour period of standing (more like fidgety dancing... Read More
Editorials
When I was in first-year medical school at U of C, our four-member clinical skills group met once a week with a preceptor to review history-taking and physical examination on a hospital patient. We... Read More
Sometimes I wonder how much any of us look beyond our own immediate concerns and needs. I can’t remember if it was the seventies, eighties, or nineties that was supposed to be the “me decade,” but it... Read More
I recently attended the second annual Bob Ewart Memorial Lecture and Dinner in Prince George, an event that celebrates the burgeoning Northern Medical Program at the University of Northern British... Read More
The idea for an issue that focuses on mental health care in northern, rural, and isolated areas in British Columbia began with an article on health care in general in those areas (BCMJ 2003;45[1... Read More