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Clinical Articles / November 2015

The Mobile Medical Unit: A unique program in British Columbia

BY: Mark Vu, MD, FRCPC,, Peter Hennecke, RN, BScN, CPN(c), MA,, Jesse Veenstra, BA, MSc,, Kandyce Betts, BA,, Robin Gardner, C.For, MSc, RPBio, CCP, CMDR (RBLS),, Michael Flesher, MD, CCFP,

The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) is a highly specialized health care delivery system that can be rapidly deployed anywhere in British Columbia to meet a range... Read More

Beyond Medicine / October 2015

Communication tool to describe use of traditional herbal Chinese medicine to Western medicine physicians

BY: Yu Ling Cheng, BSc, MD,, Janny Xuechen Ke, MD,, Danny Siwai Lee, BSc(Pharm), MD,, Qiming Wu, BSc, BSc(Pharm), MD,, Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC

Many members of the Chinese community use traditional herbal Chinese medicine (TCM) concurrently with Western medicine. A survey of four metropolitan Vancouver family practices with predominantly... Read More

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Clinical Articles / October 2015

The role of diagnostic imaging in the evaluation of child abuse

BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC

Radiological investigations are absolutely essential when assessing children who may have been subjected to physical abuse. These investigations play a key role in child abuse cases because the... Read More

Beyond Medicine / September 2015

The origins of publicly funded medical care in BC and the BCMA’s contributions

BY: Brad Fritz, MD

The 50th anniversary of the BC Medical Plan, the first government-funded medical care program in British Columbia, was recognized on 1 September 2015. But long before any government was prepared to... Read More

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Clinical Articles / October 2015

Abusive head trauma: Evolution of a diagnosis

BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC

Few medical diagnoses have come under such intense scrutiny as abusive head trauma (AHT) in infants and children. The controversy over this medical diagnosis exists primarily within the courts and... 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