…[I]t is most distressing to see an international drug manufacturer taking out half-page ads in the National Post (page SP8, 15 December 2001) to shill Pfizer’s cholesterol-lowering drug with the... Read More
Letters
Regarding BCMJ 2001;43(10):551, the College of Physicians & Surgeons developed the Committee on Office Medical Practice Assessment under its mandate to “establish, monitor, and enforce standards... Read More
Recently the BCMA distributed a pamphlet “Alternative & Complementary Therapies,” meant as a patients’ guide, to doctors all over BC. It is virtually unchanged from the draft to which, over a... Read More
The JAW article in the September edition of your excellent publication [BCMJ 43(7):378] expresses very well the attitude that many patients have about health professionals. The article can be applied... Read More
With reference to your editorial (Rejuvenated image, BCMJ 43[7]:378), I certainly agree that the wearing of uniforms by nurses (with or without the “nerdy” caps) would do a great deal to raise... Read More