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News / July/August 2010

MSF malaria awareness

By: Martin De Smet, MD,

Despite improvements in treatments and diagnostics, malaria continues to kill almost 1 million people every year. In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria is the biggest killer of children under five.... Read More

News / July/August 2010

Differences in C-section rates

A new study by University of British Columbia researchers has found that fewer than 2% of cesarean births in BC were a result of maternal request, and that the number of cesarean and assisted vaginal... Read More

News / July/August 2010

Book reviews: The Boy in the Moon

By: Cynthia Verchere, MD

By Ian Brown. Random House Canada, 2010. ISBN 9780679310099. Paperback, 304 pages. $21.00. A Globe and Mail journalist’s second child has an extremely rare and severe congenital... Read More

News / July/August 2010

Book reviews: Oxygen

By: Cynthia Verchere, MD

By Carol Cassella. Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2009. ISBN 9781416556114. Paperback, 320 pages. $19.99. Oxygen is a well-crafted novel set in the quite realistic life of an... Read More

Family Practice Services Committee / July/August 2010

PSP developments for this autumn

By: Liza Kallstrom,

Improving practice efficiency for specialists Following the success of the Practice Support Program (PSP) for general practitioners, a number of practice efficiency improvement learning mod­ules are... 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