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A young woman helps her elderly grandmother
News / April 2018

Stories for Caregivers: Finding solace in a social platform

The role of the caregiver is crucial to the physical and mental health of outpatients. However, those providing essential support are often desperately in need of help themselves. There are... Read More

A group of doctors is sitting around a boardroom table and talking
News / April 2018

Facility Engagement: Relationships drive change

By: Sam Bugis, MD

The Facility Engagement Initiative continues to gain momentum with 69 hospital-based physician groups now organized and leading more than 500 projects across BC. So what is energizing this activity... Read More

A man exercises while his doctor stands beside him
Council on Health Promotion / April 2018

Is current medical training preparing physicians to prescribe exercise to their patients?

By: Kara Solmundson, MD, CCFP (SEM), Sport Med Dip, MSc

To reduce the pandemic of chronic disease, the World Health Organization implores physicians to target physical inactivity as a key risk factor. Chronic disease causes the majority of Canadian deaths... Read More

distal radius fractures
WorkSafeBC / January/February 2018

Treating intra-articular distal radius fractures

By: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC

Distal radius fractures are the most frequent upper-extremity fracture, with an incidence of approximately 195.2 per  100 000 patients per year,[1] most commonly in men younger than 50 and... Read More

News / January/February 2018

Book review: Your Heart Is the Size of Your Fist

By: Yvonne Sin, MD

By Martina Scholtens, MD. Brindle & Glass Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-1-927366-68-4. 224 pages. Your Heart Is the Size of Your Fist: A Doctor Reflects on Ten Years at a Refugee Clinic is... Read More

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BCMJ Volume 67 Number 10 cover.

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