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Listeriosis in a petri-dish up close and personal
BC Centre for Disease Control / September 2008

Listeriosis awareness among pregnant women and their health care providers in British Columbia

By: Marsha Taylor, MSc,, Olga Bitzikos, BASc, CPHIC,, Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC

In 2008, a pregnant female in her 30s presented to a British Col­um­bia hospital with a stiff neck, fever, back pain, and headache at 21 weeks’ gestation. She went into premature labor and delivered... Read More

College Library / September 2008

Healthy offices, healthy patients

By: Linda Clendenning, Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS, Judy Neill

The built environment has a deep effect on our sense of well-being. In the particular instance of the medical office space, design modulates workflow efficiency, employee comfort and productivity,... Read More

Council on Health Promotion / September 2008

A primer on current nutritional issues—What our patients should know

By: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD, Shefali Raja, BSc,

Nutrition is a favorite topic in British Columbia’s health-conscious environment. It’s important that physicians are armed with current, evidence-based nutrition information in order to answer pa­... Read More

Family Practice Services Committee / September 2008

Practice Support Program module helps GPs support patient self-management

By: Liza Kallstrom,

A Practice Support Program (PSP) learning module de­signed to help GP practices enable patient self-management is roll­ing out successfully across the pro­vince, with 320 physicians and 232 medical... Read More

News / September 2008

2008/2009 BCMA Board

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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