When I started my practice of internal medicine in Comox back in 1979, patients had better access to health care than they do now. Yes, medications, technology, and surgical procedures are all better... Read More
Letters
The University of British Columbia Medical Undergraduate Society’s Families as Partners in Care Club highlights the importance of family-centred care in medical student training and showcases medical... Read More
In their recent article “Deteriorating wait times for breast cancer patients at a regional hospital in BC, 2013 versus 2023” [BCMJ 2024;66:240-247], Hwang and colleagues nicely summarized the crisis... Read More
Doctors of BC shares Dr Hsiang’s concerns about the government’s lack of appropriate consultation when developing the Health Professions and Occupations Act. Doctors of BC has been, and continues to... Read More
In their April 2024 BCMJ article [66:80-85], the authors present the Vancouver Chest Pain Rule as a tool to “preserve scarce resources for higher-risk patients while alleviating unnecessary... Read More