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Council on Health Promotion / June 2010

Injuries in youth sport: An evidence-based injury prevention warm-up

By: Carl Shearer, MD,

Injuries in sport are common. In fact, injuries are best looked upon as a side effect of the exercise prescription. While the benefits of organized sports are unquestionable, the risks of injury are... Read More

College Library / June 2010

A thousand words

By: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS, Robert Melrose, Judy Neill

The adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” was originally coined by an advertising executive to describe the superiority of graphics over text in product promotion. The truth of the phrase... Read More

BC Centre for Disease Control / June 2010

Hot day deaths, summer 2009: What happened and how to prevent a recurrence

By: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH

Summertime heat is generally thought not to be an important contributor to population mortality in British Columbia.  Although summer temperatures of over 33°C are not uncommon in BC’s lower... Read More

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WorkSafeBC / May 2010

Special Care Services offers enhanced care for BC’s most seriously injured workers

By: Jennifer Leyen,, Greg Meloche, PhD, RPsych

WorkSafeBC’s Special Care Services department was established in the spring of 2009 to provide an enhanced level of clinical support and case management services to BC’s most seriously in­jured... Read More

News / May 2010

Physician Health Program report on medicine and motherhood

A new report released in March by the BC Physician Health Program recommends better workplace arrangements for pregnant and new mother physicians.  The report, Medicine and Motherhood: Can We... 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