Skip to main content

 -
  • About
    • Advertising Policy
    • Aim and Scope
    • Author Fees and Disclosure of Funding
    • Contact Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Editorial Independence
    • Editorial Policies
      • Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Technology
      • Authorship and Contributorship
      • Complaints and Appeals
      • Corrections and Retractions
      • Data Sharing and Reproducibility
      • Ethical Practices and Expectations
      • Intellectual Property and Copyright
      • Peer Review
    • Editorial Process
    • History
    • Media
    • Mission
    • Open Access
    • Permissions
    • Post-publication Discussions
    • Writing Prizes for Medical Students
  • The Journal
    • By Author
    • Past Issues
    • BC Doctors
      • Obituaries
      • Interviews
      • Proust for Physicians
      • Physician Spotlight
    • Opinions
      • Back Page
      • BC Stories
      • Blog
      • Editorials
      • Letters to the Editor
      • Premise
      • President's Comment
    • Columns
      • BC Centre for Disease Control
      • Billing Tips
      • Council on Health Promotion
      • College Library
      • Family Practice Services Committee
      • Joint Collaborative Committees
      • News
      • Shared Care Committee
      • Specialist Services Committee
      • WorkSafeBC
    • Articles
      • Clinical Articles
        • Clinical Case Reports
        • Clinical Images
        • Original Research
        • Review Articles
      • MDs To Be
      • Beyond Medicine
      • COVID-19
      • Early Online
  • Classifieds
  • Submit Content
    • Instructions for Authors: Clinical Article
    • Instructions for Authors: Nonclinical Content
    • Theme Issue
    • Letter to the Editor
  • Advertise
    • Place Display Ad
    • Place Classified Ad
    • Shopping cart
  • none
 -

Articles

  • Clinical Articles
  • MDs To Be
  • Beyond Medicine
  • Clinical Case Reports
  • Clinical Images
  • Original Research
  • Review Articles
Clinical Articles / December 2017

Part 2: Health apps, wearables, and sensors: The advancing frontier of digital health

BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC, Christopher Yao, MSc, Helen Novak Lauscher, PhD

With the increasing proliferation and sophistication of mobile phones, wearable devices such as smart watches, and sensors that can measure and gather a variety of data, public interest is growing in... Read More

varicose veins
Clinical Articles / October 2017

Current therapy for primary varicose veins

BY: Jerry C. Chen, MD, FRCSC

Patients with varicose veins (VV) have serpiginous or worm-like raised superficial veins in a lower extremity [Figure 1]. Indications for treatment include leg pain, persistent edema, skin damage... Read More

Clinical Articles / July/August 2017

Evaluation of treatment completion note used by the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North

BY: Alexa R.Y. Dang, BSc, Dan Horvat, MD, MCFP, Tammy Klassen-Ross, PhD, Rebecca Collins, BSc, Matthew Graveline, BSc, Robert Olson, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Background The BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) is the sole provider of radiotherapy (RT) in British Columbia and the Yukon and plays a major role in administering systemic therapy. The BCCA Centre for the... Read More

medical assistance in dying
Clinical Articles / July/August 2017

Case review of medically assisted deaths on Vancouver Island

BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC, J.A. Pewarchuk, MD, FRCPC, J. Reggler, MB, BChir, FCFP, S. Green, MD, FCFP, T. Daws, MD, FCFP, Konia Trouton, MD, CCFP, MPH, FCFP

Background On 6 February 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Carter v. Canada and determined that under certain circumstances medical assistance in dying (MAID) should not be illegal... Read More

Clinical Articles / May 2016

The risk-benefit paradox of exercise

BY: Darren E.R. Warburton, PhD, Jack Taunton, MD, Shannon S.D. Bredin, PhD,, Saul Isserow, MBBCh

The health benefits of physical activity have been documented since ancient times, beginning more than 2000 years ago when Hippocrates highlighted the importance of active living.[1] Today... Read More

  • Load more
BCMJ Volume 67 Number 10 cover.

BCMJ

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

DOBC

 

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