PAR-BC recently announced the winners of its 2013 Awards of Excellence. Dr Katherine Beadon received the Residents' Advocate Award, given to recognize an individual who advocates on behalf of... Read More

By Peter Johnson. Victoria: Heritage House,  2013. ISBN 978-1-927527-31-3. Paperback, 312 pages. $22.95. Peter Johnson is a good writer, and the assembled pictures of William Head... Read More

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are products that deliver an aerosol by heating a solution typically containing nicotine in propylene glycol or glycerol with flavoring agents. Controversy and... Read More

You have had the opportunity to read several audit and billing articles in the BCMJ over the past several months. In addition to providing this information, the Patterns of Practice Committee... Read More

Carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) are bacteria with an acquired genetic resistance to broad-spectrum antibiotics, including the carbapenem family of drugs. Provincial data from as early as... Read More