November 2016

BC Centre for Disease Control

BC physicians reduce unnecessary antibiotic use—and costs

Billing Tips

Telephone fees: SSC fee items 10001, 10002, 10003, and 10004

Clinical Articles

Total hip replacement: Relieving pain and restoring function

Total knee replacement: Understanding patient-related factors

Council on Health Promotion

The scoop on supplements for disease prevention

Editorials

Fake joints, real results, Part 1: Hip and knee replacement

Apply healing paint daily

Quest for Superdoc

Family Practice Services Committee

Division-created patient resources: Empowering patients to make healthy choices

Letters

Pharmacy prescribing and renewal system

Expectation of fairness

News

Uncovering cancer’s invisibility cloak

New procedure for CL19 medical reports

Congratulations from the BCMJ

Planning your family: The insurance essentials

Practice Support: 1300 docs

Physicians honored with Above & Beyond Awards

Resource for treating obese or overweight child patients

Study: COPD epidemic looms

New weapon for hard-to-treat bacterial infections

Obituaries

Dr Eugene Giuseppe Caira, 1918–2016

Dr Sheldon C. (Shelly) Naiman, 1937–2016

Dr Charles Edward (Ted) Reeve, 1936–2016

Premise

Is lesion location random, and does it really matter?

President's Comment

The value of social media to you and the profession

Proust for Physicians

Proust questionnaire: Vishal Varshney, MD

WorkSafeBC

Achilles tendon ruptures—a review for primary care