I would like to warn other physicians in the province who have had distressed patients presenting to their offices clutching lab results that suggest mercury poisoning or other heavy metal poisoning... Read More
Letters
I read in the June 23 issue of the Vancouver Sun that yet another nail has been driven into the coffin of the art of obstetrics. (“Hospitals adopt cesareans for breech babies,” and “Natural breech... Read More
I was recently asked by the Therapeutics Initiative to review the final draft of Therapeutics Letter number 39 (January/February, 2001) prior to publication. I submitted several... Read More
Both Dr J.A. Wilson and Dr Marshall Dahl have drawn attention to the abysmal lack of medical direction in the regional hospital boards (BCMJ 2001;43(2):60 and 65). From a doctrinaire political... Read More
Several days after reading Dr Jeff Purkis’ excellent letter in the BCMA Journal [Please fix walk-in problem. BCMJ 2001;43(2): 71], I had a discussion with a patient during the course of a visit... Read More