January/February 2014

BC Centre for Disease Control

Food insecurity: A public health issue for BC

Clinical Articles

Changes to medical staff privileging in British Columbia

Monoclonal gammopathy and primary care

Council on Health Promotion

Elder care: We can do better

College Library

Point of care in your pocket

Editorials

Necessary conversations

Surgery

Letters

Assisted suicide vs end-of-life care

New methadone dosing: Overdose dangers

Re: Dr Haigh’s editorial

Re: How our leaders want to die—A call to action

Re: Spinal manipulation in low back pain

Re: Spinal manipulation in low back pain: Dr Quon responds

MDs To Be

Student life in a distributed medical program

News

Drug costs down, for now

Inheriting immunity

Know a change maker?

Levin wins iPad

Membership renewal deadline: 31 March 2014

New program to treat inherited heart rhythm conditions

New website: Strengthening the Quality Framework

Postpartum support

Revised guideline: Diagnosis & management of major depressive disorder

UBC–VCH uses drug to repair rare birth defect

Aboriginal seniors—health care concerns

Communicate with WorkSafeBC

News&Notes

Special feature: A remote opportunity: The joys and challenges of rural practice

Special feature: My improbable encounter with Nelson Mandela

Obituaries

Dr Hans Waldmann, 1920–2013

Dr John David Ewart Price, 1927–2013

President's Comment

What’s in a name? “Doctors of BC” launches 3-year strategic plan

Proust for Physicians

Proust questionnaire: Susan Burgess, MD

Shared Care Committee

Telephone advice line links specialist and family physicians together for better patient care

Physician Spotlight

Dr Marco Terwiel: A career built on reason and compassion

WorkSafeBC

The effect of new legislation on work-related mental disorders