If we are going to agree that fictional Dr Marcus Welby is the best professional example for our students to emulate [BCMJ 2016;58:63-64], why not make the TV series a compulsory part of the med... Read More

The new BC Guideline, Atrial Fibrillation—Diagnosis and Management (one of four new guidelines in the Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation series), states: “Patients for whom anticoagulation is recommended... Read More

I would like to thank Dr Cridland for his comments on my article, “Chronic Disease Rates Cut in Half!” Yes indeed, perhaps I did not go far enough. I do believe that doctors are the most influential... Read More

I commend Dr Ron Wilson for encouraging doctors to practise health promotion in his article “Chronic-disease rates cut in half!” [BCMJ 2016;58:101]. As much as medical practitioners give lip... Read More

The holidays are a season of giving, a time when many of us give more broadly through charitable donations or give of our time through service to charitable causes. But for nearly 1 million British... Read More