We would like to thank the BC Medical Journal for the opportunity to respond to some of the issues raised by Dr Bishop in Counterpoint September 2004 [BCMJ 2004;46:349, 353-354]. Dr Bishop... Read More
Letters
In the October 2004 issue of BCMJ, the BC Centre for Disease Control reported marked elevation of blood mercury in two preschool aged children of Asian ethnicity with unusually high... Read More
I read with considerable sympathy Dr Manes’ letter (BCMJ 2004;[4]:168-169). Later in the day I read the two-page spread in the Vancouver Sun (28 May 2004) entitled “Family Doctors Squeezed... Read More
I read the article “Extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the management of plantar fasciitis” with interest (BCMJ 2004;46[4]:174-178). I am a plastic surgeon in New Westminster and for approximately... Read More
Tuberculosis control for aboriginal persons living on reserve in British Columbia (BC) is administered out of the BC Centre for Disease Control through Tuberculosis Services for Aboriginal... Read More