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Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC
Canada’s publicly funded health care system is failing. No credible cause has been found, which is crucial to finding a workable solution. In the search for answers to the proximal causes of too few physicians, nurses,... Read More
The primary care crisis in British Columbia is characterized by a decrease in the productivity of a family physician. Between fiscal years 2011–2012 and 2022–2023, patients continued 5.34 visits per capita annually, but... Read More
In fall 2022, in response to progressively worsening difficulty finding a family physician in British Columbia, the Ministry of Health announced the Longitudinal Family Physician Payment Model, developed in consultation... Read More
Thank you to Drs Kling, Galanis, Morshed, and Patrick of the BC Centre for Disease Control for providing some badly needed evidence to counter patients’ claims of better tests for Lyme disease, in their November article... Read More
“I keep six honest serving men (They taught me all I knew)” —Rudyard Kipling The article by Dr Bebb[1] is based on a survey that, left unchallenged, may lead to overservicing and cost increases for our already... Read More
My esteemed colleague Dr Marshall Dahl has concluded that the “almost complete disappearance of formerly serious and prevalent problems such as chronic hypoglycaemia, chronic candidiasis, chronic Epstein-Barr infection... Read More
One has to admire Bill Mackie’s measured tones when announcing yet another nail in the coffin of scientific, Hippocratic medicine in BC [BCMJ 2009;51(1):6]. It is obvious that the government is trying to placate... Read More