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Clinical Articles / July/August 2018

Medication wastage in residential care facilities

BY: Robert C. Mack, MD, Arlene Herman, MSW, Kate Harris, MPA

The residential care initiative (RCI) of the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) aims to improve care for patients in facilities through five best practice recommendations,[1] one of which is... Read More

Dr Eric Cadesky
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / July/August 2018

Advocating for something better: Dr Eric Cadesky

BY:

Can you tell us a little about your background? I was born and raised in Toronto, did my undergraduate degree at U of T, and then went on to study medicine at McGill; I enjoyed student life in... Read More

A patient sits on a hospital bed, talking to a doctor
Clinical Articles / June 2018

Unplanned hospital readmissions in British Columbia

BY: Constantin Shuster, MD, Andrew Hurlburt, MD, Penny Tam, MD, John A. Staples, MD, MPH

In 2009 a landmark study found that nearly 20% of US Medicare beneficiaries were readmitted to hospital within 30 days, prompting hospital readmissions to become a major focus of health care quality... Read More

A woman sits in a hospital bed and is consoled by a person behind her
Clinical Articles / June 2018

Recurrent miscarriage

BY: Elizabeth Taylor, MD, FRCSC, Mohammed Bedaiwy, MD, PhD, Mahmoud Iwes, MD

Early miscarriage has been reported to occur in 17% to 31% of pregnancies,[1,2] and is defined as a nonviable intrauterine pregnancy with either an empty gestational sac or a gestational sac... Read More

A diabetic woman checking her blood glucose level
Clinical Articles / June 2018

Preconception management of diabetes

BY: Daniel Shearer, BSc, Adam White, MD, FRCPC, David Thompson, MD, FRCPC, Monika Pawlowska, MD

It is well known that women with type 1 or type 2 pregestational diabetes have an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. One study comparing the offspring of women in the general population... 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