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News / April 2020

Register now for the Business Cost Premium

The new Business Cost Premium (BCP) was negotiated in the 2019 Physician Master Agreement to help physicians offset some of the costs associated with running their office. Physicians will be able... Read More

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Council on Health Promotion / April 2020

Changing drug policies: What do we need to end this heartbreaking crisis?

By: Derek C. Chang, MD

Since the overdose crisis was declared a public health emergency in 2016, nearly 14 000 Canadians have died as a result. Due to the number of fatal overdoses, BC’s life expectancy has fallen for the... Read More

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College Library / April 2020

Rural medicine and the College Library

By: Paula Osachoff

Internet access and online resources have come a long way to providing additional support for rural physicians. While using online databases, point-of-care tools, textbooks, and journals has never... Read More

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COVID-19 / April 2020

COVID-19: Responding to an emerging respiratory pathogen

By: Alexis Crabtree, MD, MPH, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC, Alexandra Choi, MD, MHSc, CCFP, Althea Hayden, MDCM, MPH, FRCPC, Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC, Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC

Clinicians in British Columbia have been responding to COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that originated in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. The virus subsequently spread to countries around the globe,... Read More

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BC Centre for Disease Control / March 2020

Health impacts of sea level rise on BC’s coastal communities

By: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP, Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH

Sea level rise due to melting ice sheets and thermal expansion of the ocean poses serious risks for coastal communities. Elevated sea levels erode shorelines and inundate low-lying coasts; these... 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