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Clinical Articles / June 2004

Handheld medicine: Information at your fingertips

BY: Jonathan Burns, MD, CCFP(EM), Kerry Yoshitomi, MD, CCFP(EM)

As we have seen with the SARS outbreak, technology is making a difference in the way medical information is disseminated. At the time of the outbreak, the disease was not in any textbook, and all... Read More

Clinical Articles / June 2004

Preventing transfusion-transmitted West Nile virus in British Columbia

BY: Mark Bigham, MD

West Nile virus (WNV) has rapidly spread across North America to the BC border since first being recognized in 1999 in New York City.[1-3] Although no indigenously acquired WNV was detected in... Read More

Clinical Articles / June 2004

Using a PDA at the point of care

BY:

Most physicians can recall how, during their years in training, their lab coat pockets were filled with various scraps of paper, pocket-sized reference books, and perhaps a notepad to jot down pearls... Read More

Clinical Articles / July/August 2004

Embedding technologies into health practices, Part 2: Decision support on demand—e-health’s killer-app?

BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC

With the recent and rapid explosion of biomedical research and the resultant expansion of knowledge, physicians are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with the literature and the latest... Read More

Clinical Articles / May 2004

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the management of plantar fasciitis

BY: D.B. Clement, MD, Jack Taunton, MD

The clinical syndrome of enthesopathy of the plantar fascia presents as pain on the inferior posteromedial surface of the heel, which is characterized by amplified morning discomfort usually... Read More

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BCMJ

The BCMJ is a general medical journal that shares knowledge while building connections among BC physicians.

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ISSN 0007‍-‍0556 (Print)
ISSN 2293‍-‍6106 (Online)
Established 1959