After 43 years in the trenches of general practice, I applaud the fortitude and wisdom of the Pemberton clinic physicians billing employers $50 when a patient requests a note for time loss due to... Read More
Letters
Primary care in BC desperately needs to be improved. We require a mechanism to attract capital resources to build the appropriate infrastructure necessary to provide bona fide medical homes for our... Read More
As a palliative care physician who is also involved with medical assistance in dying (MAID), I would encourage my palliative care colleagues (who are not conscientious objectors) to get more involved... Read More
I do not believe this is only an issue of us providing better care for the dying [“Medical assistance in dying: Living with dignity until life naturally ends,” BCMJ 2016;59:49]. Although I... Read More
I do not agree with Dr Dhanda that “all the eye health services provided by optometrists are provided by ophthalmologists and at no charge to the patient” [BCMJ 2016;58:548]. I have been... Read More