Skip to main content

 -
  • About
    • Advertising Policy
    • Aim and Scope
    • Author Fees and Disclosure of Funding
    • Contact Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Editorial Independence
    • Editorial Policies
      • Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Technology
      • Authorship and Contributorship
      • Complaints and Appeals
      • Corrections and Retractions
      • Data Sharing and Reproducibility
      • Ethical Practices and Expectations
      • Intellectual Property and Copyright
      • Peer Review
    • Editorial Process
    • History
    • Media
    • Mission
    • Open Access
    • Permissions
    • Post-publication Discussions
    • Writing Prizes for Medical Students
  • The Journal
    • By Author
    • Past Issues
    • BC Doctors
      • Obituaries
      • Interviews
      • Proust for Physicians
      • Physician Spotlight
    • Opinions
      • Back Page
      • BC Stories
      • Blog
      • Editorials
      • Letters to the Editor
      • Premise
      • President's Comment
    • Columns
      • BC Centre for Disease Control
      • Billing Tips
      • Council on Health Promotion
      • College Library
      • Family Practice Services Committee
      • Joint Collaborative Committees
      • News
      • Shared Care Committee
      • Specialist Services Committee
      • WorkSafeBC
    • Articles
      • Clinical Articles
        • Clinical Case Reports
        • Clinical Images
        • Original Research
        • Review Articles
      • MDs To Be
      • Beyond Medicine
      • COVID-19
      • Early Online
  • Classifieds
  • Submit Content
    • Instructions for Authors: Clinical Article
    • Instructions for Authors: Nonclinical Content
    • Theme Issue
    • Letter to the Editor
  • Advertise
    • Place Display Ad
    • Place Classified Ad
    • Shopping cart
  • none
 -

Columns

  • BC Centre for Disease Control
  • Billing Tips
  • Council on Health Promotion
  • College Library
  • Family Practice Services Committee
  • Joint Collaborative Committees
  • News
  • Shared Care Committee
  • Specialist Services Committee
  • WorkSafeBC
A senior man and middle-aged woman look at a laptop and discuss a form
News / January/February 2020

Updated national framework for advance care planning in Canada

The Advance Care Planning (ACP) in Canada initiative, led by the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) has released an updated National Framework for ACP that now includes an updated... Read More

Abstract medical background over human body with thyroid gland in red
News / January/February 2020

Screening for thyroid dysfunction in patients without symptoms: Don’t check that box routinely

A new guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care found no benefit to routine screening for thyroid dysfunction in adults without symptoms or risk factors. Based on the latest... Read More

A person sitting in a meditation pose with a city skyline overlay
News / January/February 2020

Medical Meditation app

Two youth in uniforms playing soccer
News / January/February 2020

Preventing knee osteoarthritis in youth who play sports

When kids injure their knees playing sports like soccer, not many of us think about how that injury will manifest itself 10 or 15 years down the road. Millions of Canadians currently live with the... Read More

A person receives a needle to their upper arm.
WorkSafeBC / December 2019

Workplace exposure to rabies

By: Geetha Raghukumar, MBBS, DLSHTM, MSc, CIC, CCFP, FRCPC, Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM

Occupations identified as high risk for rabies exposure and infection include veterinarians, animal control workers, rabies diagnostic lab workers, spelunkers exploring caves, bat biologists and... Read More

  • Load more
BCMJ Volume 67 Number 10 cover.

BCMJ

The BCMJ is a general medical journal that shares knowledge while building connections among BC physicians.

DOBC

 

ISSN 0007‍-‍0556 (Print)
ISSN 2293‍-‍6106 (Online)
Established 1959