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Dr Gerald Stewart, past president of Doctors of BC, was one of the first recipients of the CCFP designation.
News / December 2019

Celebrating a family medicine milestone and 1969 trailblazers

Dr Gerald Stewart, past president of Doctors of BC, was one of the first recipients of the CCFP designation. Fifty years ago a pioneering group of 12... Read More

Book cover of Essential Caregiving Guide: How to optimize the extended care your loved one needs
News / December 2019

Book review: Essential Caregiving Guide: How to optimize the extended care your loved one needs

By: George Szasz, CM, MD

By Godfrey Harris and Jacqueline Njuki. Los Angeles: The Americas Group, 2019. ISBN-13: 978-0935047905. Paperback, 68 pages. US$15.95 The concerned and loving daughter notices her 72-year-old... Read More

Dr Catherine Textor
News / December 2019

BC’s top family physician of 2019

Dr Catherine Textor The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine (FAFM) have selected the 2019... Read More

A close up of a lemon cut in half with yellow capsules.
WorkSafeBC / November 2019

Vitamin C for complex regional pain syndrome prophylaxis

By: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), previously known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) and causalgia, can be a debilitating complication of pain associated with limb trauma, including surgery... Read More

A doctor does allergy testing on a sitting patient.
BC Centre for Disease Control / November 2019

Beta-lactam allergy: Benefits of de-labeling can be achieved safely

By: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, Abdullah Al Mamun, MBBS, MPH, Nick Smith, MPH, Emily Rempel, PhD, Piera Calissi, PharmD, Edith Blondel-Hill, MD, FRCPC

Far too many patients carry an inaccurate label of beta-lactam allergy and consequently receive alternative antibiotics, often with too broad a spectrum, a higher risk of adverse events, an increased... 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