Dr Clarke practises emergency medicine at Peace Arch Hospital and has an administrative role as a medical director for the Fraser Health Authority. She enjoys the myriad outdoor activities available in British Columbia.
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Anne I. Clarke, MD
By the time this April issue is published, the February BCMJ cruise-and-learn to the Baja peninsula will be long past. Unfortunately, the vestiges of extra pounds put on while enjoying the marvelous food,... Read More
Being new isn’t easy. I don’t mean young and new, fresh out of training. That is a time when we are more accustomed to change, to seeing new faces, and learning new processes. But being a lot less young—and new—that is... Read More
Emergency medicine has so many convenient reasons why something can’t be done. “We should do what?”—said with just the right amount of incredulity. I am sure this attitude is partly due to the fact that the ER now... Read More
There are pros and cons to being part of a small community when you are a physician. Some days it seems that everyone knows who you are and what you are like, and other days you are a total stranger—when you see someone... Read More
It is always busy this time of year, really busy, in the ER. When I came on shift recently the lineup of charts waiting to be picked up was almost falling off the desk. To be expected, I thought. “We divided the... Read More
By Patricia L. Papernow. Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-0-415-89438-8. Paperback, 229 pages. $35.14. This book covers the gamut of issues faced by stepfamilies as they forge new relationships. It dispels the many... Read More
A set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something. A mark of shame. (noun) Even the word has an unpleasant ring to it. I think methadone therapy is associated... Read More
For physicians of my generation, many additional chapters in our medical careers have been written since chapter one, medical school. That opening chapter is somewhat of a fading vision. Not the knowledge part, thank... Read More
It’s a well-known fact about the practice of medicine that things are more likely to go awry when you are caring for someone you know, particularly a colleague. The practice of medicine is challenging enough, but throw... Read More
Bart J. Harvey, Eddy S. Lang, Jason R. Frank (eds). 2011. ISBN 978-1-926588-09-4. Kindle edition (Amazon): 636 pages. $50.06. This guide, published by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, is a... Read More