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Clinical Articles / September 2007

Academic and educational role of international medical graduate psychiatrists in British Columbia

BY: Mario McKenna, MSc,, Soma Ganesan, MD, FRCPC, Rahul Soma, BSc,

An international medical graduate (IMG) is a physician holding a medical degree from a school outside of Canada that is not accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools or... Read More

Clinical Articles / July/August 2007

The use of low-dose neuroleptics in the treatment of patients with severe personality disorder: An adjunct to psychotherapy

BY: Paul Ian Steinberg, MD, FRCPC,

Patients in a partial hospitalization program were found to benefit from the addition of small doses of atypical neuroleptic medications during their treatment in an 18-week group psychotherapy... Read More

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Clinical Articles / July/August 2007

Guidelines for frozen plasma transfusion

BY: Michelle P. Wong, MD, Nadejda Droubatchevskaia, MD,, Kate M. Chipperfield, MD, FRCPC,, Louis D. Wadsworth, MB, ChB, FRCPC, FRCPath,, David J. Ferguson, MD, FRCPC,

The Transfusion Medicine Advisory Group (TMAG) of BC has prepared guidelines to assist physicians in their clinical decision-making regarding the appropriate use of frozen plasma products in adults... Read More

Clinical Articles / July/August 2007

Traumatic pasts in Canadian Aboriginal people: Further support for a complex trauma conceptualization?

BY: Ingrid Söchting, PhD,, Raymond Corrado, PhD,, Irwin M. Cohen, PhD,, Robert G. Ley, PhD,, Charles Brasfield, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Numerous clinical observations by mental health professionals indicate that Aboriginal people have a much higher rate of mental health problems than non-Aboriginals.[1,2] Some argue that the... Read More

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Clinical Articles / June 2007

Introduction to pandemic influenza

BY: Patty Daly, MD, FRCPC, Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC, Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC

Influenza pandemics can cause significant morbidity, mortality, and social disruption worldwide. The history of pandemics shows that a pandemic has occurred every 10 to 40 years over the last 400... 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