Background Pretest and posttest counseling guidelines for HIV antibody testing were first adopted in British Columbia in 1985; revised sexually transmitted disease (STD) guidelines were published... Read More

One of the most common and perplexing problems faced by the primary care physician is the clinical management of the patient with low back pain. Roughly 60% of individuals in the population will... Read More

In 1992, the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the principle that, although the binder and paper of the patient’s health record belong to the hospital (or in the case of a private office, the doctor... Read More

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Canadian women. Each year in British Columbia, 2700 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed and 640 women will die of this disease.[1... Read More

The use of the Internet as an evidence-based medicine (EBM) tool is very recent. For many years there has been a predictable chain of events in scientific communication. Research is reported in... Read More