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Letters / April 2017

The medical home

BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP

Primary care in BC desperately needs to be improved. We require a mechanism to attract capital resources to build the appropriate infrastructure necessary to provide bona fide medical homes for our... Read More

Letters / April 2017

Should palliative care physicians get involved with MAID?

BY: Jyothi Jayaraman, MBBS

As a palliative care physician who is also involved with medical assistance in dying (MAID), I would encourage my palliative care colleagues (who are not conscientious objectors) to get more involved... Read More

Letters / April 2017

Re: Medical assistance in dying: Living with dignity

BY: Mary Donlevy, MD

I do not believe this is only an issue of us providing better care for the dying [“Medical assistance in dying: Living with dignity until life naturally ends,” BCMJ 2016;59:49]. Although I... Read More

Letters / April 2017

Re: Advertisement for Doctors of Optometry

BY: Barbara Macleod, MD

I do not agree with Dr Dhanda that “all the eye health services provided by optometrists are provided by ophthalmologists and at no charge to the patient” [BCMJ 2016;58:548]. I have been... Read More

Editorials / April 2017

Whale sharks and lager, quintessentially refreshing

BY: David R. Richardson, MD

As these words leave my shaking fingers, I can feel my blood glucose slowly normalizing. It has been a few weeks since my calorie balance has approached anywhere close to zero. One could argue that... Read More

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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