Dr Marion and I wish to thank you and your colleagues for doing such a professional job with our article on life expectancy in the elderly [BCMJ 2003;45(4):178-182]. (Back in the 1960s I was... Read More
Letters
Surgical orchiectomy and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists (LHRHa) are equally effective treatment for locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer, but orchiectomy seems to be on the... Read More
The neoconservative rhetoric of our time is becoming too much for me. “Fair Pharmacare?” To me the title says—“they must be hiding something.” Such a title wants you to disregard continuity, careful... Read More
I appreciate Dr George Price’s letter “Re: Learning and teaching med,” (BCMJ 2003;45[2]:72-73). I too believe that medical education suffered when professors and GFTs took over much of the teaching... Read More
Dr Perry Kendall’s decision to make HIV reportable is a major step in the right direction and deserving of our approbation in restoring the conventional role of public health in epidemic containment... Read More