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James A. Wilson, MD
Dr Wilson works in occupational medicine and is the senior medical director of Ultima Medical Services at the Vancouver airport. He and his wife divide their personal time between Richmond and their second home on... Read More
By William C. Gibson, MD. Palermo: International Association for Humanitarian Medicine, 2007. ISBN 987-88-902020-1-7. Hardcover. $30. To order, e-mail contact@iahm.org. British Columbia’s elegant man of... Read More
About 25 years ago I received a phone call from a member of the BCMA Board of Directors asking if I would be interested in becoming a member of the BCMJ Editorial Board. My initial thought at the time was to graciously... Read More
A few years ago I wrote an editorial about my experiences at the annual ethics conference hosted by the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons here in Vancouver. As I recall, I had attended at least one previous... Read More
I’ve recently returned from a month in Thailand, and I thought that an editorial about how important Thai caddies had been to my personal health maintenance program would be in order. Unfortunately, before I could... Read More
A number of years ago I wrote an editorial about the early indicators of physician shortages in this country, the additional specter of a graying/unhappy physician demographic, and the seeming lack of attention both of... Read More
My first up-close and personal experience with the “press” happened about 6 months after I started private practice in Richmond. The incident started innocently enough with a person who identified himself as a... Read More
Writing an editorial is sometimes like going to the dentist. You can’t think of one reason why you’d sit down in a room with someone intent on causing you pain, but when it’s all over, you realize that it didn’t hurt a... Read More
The Methamphetamine Crisis: Strategies to save addicts, families, and communities. By H.C. Covey (ed). Westport: Praeger, 2006. ISBN 9780275993221. Hardcover, 276 pages. $70.01 (amazon.ca)–$101.95 (chapters.indigo.... Read More
I’m surprised to have found myself comfortable working in the corporate world for the past few years. After toiling for many years exclusively in the publicly funded health care system and totally unaware of what keeps... Read More