July/August 2018

BC Centre for Disease Control

Has kratom come to BC?

Billing Tips

Why become a medical inspector?

Clinical Articles

Medication wastage in residential care facilities

Assessment by pit appointment as an alternative to full psychiatric consultation

When patients choose to live at risk: What is an ethical approach to intervention?

Council on Health Promotion

An open, online survey of family physicians on the impact of the standard on the Safe Prescribing of Drugs with Potential for Misuse/Diversion issued by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC on managing pain

Editorials

BCMJ 60th anniversary: Diamonds are Forever

I am a GP, not a GPS

Family Practice Services Committee

Division-led school clinics improve access to care for students around the province

Beyond Medicine

Advocating for something better: Dr Eric Cadesky

Letters

Re: Why infertility patients deserve our attention

Re: Why infertility patients deserve our attention. Authors reply

Re: Infertility: Testing and diagnosis

Re: Daily ibuprofen may prevent Alzheimer disease

News

J.H. MacDermot writing award winners

Doctors of BC 2018 annual general meeting

Doctors of BC Scholarship winners

New Rapid Access Spine Triage Program at VGH

Breathing easier from home: Home health monitoring at Island Health

BC physicians use clinical expertise to answer burning research questions

Cigarette smoke directly damages muscles in the body

Book review: The Beautiful Cure: Revealing the Immune System’s Secrets and How They Will Lead to a Revolution in Health and Wellness

Obituaries

Dr Kathleen Wilson (Johnston), 1948–2017

Dr John Harford Harland, 1923–2018

President's Comment

Doctors in a dangerous time (safety first)

Proust for Physicians

Proust questionnaire: Dr Yvonne Sin

WorkSafeBC

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)—changing epidemiology and workplace considerations