Dr David Richardson joined the BCMJ Editorial Board in 2006, and was editor of the journal from August 2008 to May 2022. Dr Richardson has been a general practitioner in Langley since 1992 and is on active staff at Langley Hospital. His extracurricular activities include soccer, mountain biking, and competing as a triathlete.
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David R. Richardson, MD
I read an article in the newspaper recently stating that the new president of the Canadian Medical Association, Dr Robert Ouellet, during his inaugural address, had called for an increased private sector role in... Read More
As a full-service family practitioner, I often feel like the guy from Star Trek. No, not Kirk, nor Spock, Bones, or Scotty. Not even Sulu. No, the other guy. You know the one—the guy who is assigned to be part... Read More
It started in the night and I wasn’t even naked. My generalized abdominal pain gradually worsened but was only a mild ache by the morning. I vomited after eating my lunch and thought I must have the flu that my... Read More
By Peter Legge Burnaby: Eaglet Publishing, Peter Legge Management Co. Ltd., 2008. ISBN 978-0-9781459-2-7. Paperback, 272 pages. $29.95. To order, e-mail dclarke@canadawide.com or go to www.... Read More
I read the history of the BCMJ recently and noted in 88 years of publication, first as the Vancouver Medical Association Bulletin, then as the BCMJ, there have only been six editors. JAW or Dr Jim Wilson (aka Cuddles)... Read More
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. 17th edition. Edited by A.S. Fauci, MD, E. Braunwald, MD, D.L. Kasper, MD, et al. Toronto: McGraw Hill, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0-07-146633-2. Hardcover, 2754 pages plus... Read More
By Pauline Chen, MD. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-307-26353-7. Hardcover, 268 pages. $29.95. “I see dead people” is not only a famous Hollywood line, but a reality for most physicians. We see and... Read More
“Make sure you bring in your D-Link so I can configure your VPN to ensure you have remote private encrypted access.” —The computer guy Like many of you I had been wondering if it was time to modernize and... Read More
How Doctors Think. by Gerome Groopman, MD. Houghton Mifflin, 2007. ISBN-10: 0618610030 ISBN-13: 978-0618610037. Hardcover, 320 pages. Regular $29.95; Amazon.ca $18.87. Have you ever thought about the processes... Read More
Were the last dinosaurs aware of their impending extinction? Did the T. rexes sit around in bars nursing a beer and reminiscing about what once was? Of course not, their arms were too short. I’m not upper-limb... Read More