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Clinical Case Reports / September 2025

Cod intake masquerading as arsenic toxicity

BY: Sydney Sparanese, MD, Alyson Plecash, MD

Arsenic is a naturally occurring element in the Earth’s crust and is typically combined with oxygen, chlorine, sulfur (inorganic arsenic), or carbon (organic arsenic).[1,2] Inorganic arsenic has been... Read More

A surgeon leans over an empty hospital bed, looking distraught.
Original Research / September 2025

Goal-concordant surgical care for patients: General surgeons’ experiences of palliative care

BY: Christina W. Lee, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS, Philippa Hawley, FRCPC

Background The practices of general surgeons have traditionally been rooted in the imperative to relieve pain and suffering. However, as surgical innovations have grown in sophistication,... Read More

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MDs To Be / September 2025

Assessing patient satisfaction in the BC Children’s Hospital Spinal Cord Clinic

BY: Taewoong Chae, MD, Catherine Joanne Binda, MD, Jacqueline S. Purtzki, MD

Background Traditional hierarchical medical frameworks assumed physicians knew what was best for their patients and often left patients out of the decision-making process.[1] This medical model of... Read More

A person wearing a lab coat uses an ultrasound wand on a patient's knee.
Original Research / July/August 2025

Innovative use of point-of-care ultrasound improves health care on Haida Gwaii

BY: Tandi Wilkinson, MD, CCFP-EM, FCFP, Jason Curran, MPH, Virginia Robinson, MD, CCFP-EM, FCFP, Nicole Moon, MHA, Ievgeniia Rozhenko, MA, Tracey DeLeeuw

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can improve patient care by expediting the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic and other medical conditions. From its origins in the emergency department, its use... Read More

A surgeon stands in front of a tray of surgical tools, an operating table behind them.
Original Research / July/August 2025

Trends in wait times for scheduled surgeries in British Columbia

BY: Olivia F. Hunter, Shreya Luthra, Tade Souaiaia, PhD, Jenna Kroeker, MD, Emilie Joos, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, Shahrzad Joharifard, MD, MPH, FRCSC

Background While lengthy wait times for scheduled surgeries are a global problem, Canada has substantially longer surgical wait times than other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and... Read More

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BCMJ Volume 68 Number 1 cover.

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