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Letters / January/February 2016

Re: November 2015 cover image

BY: Victor Black, MD,

I was very disappointed to see the BCMJ adopting a caduceus car key fob on the cover of the November 2015 issue. Using the caduceus as a symbol of medicine is a very common American... Read More

Letters / January/February 2016

Re: Management of influenza with Tamiflu: Authors reply

BY: Ashley Roberts, MD, FRCPC,, Soren Gantt, MD, PhD, MPH,, Karen Ng, BScPharm, PharmD, BCPS,, Vanessa Paquette, BScPharm, PharmD,, Kristopher T. Kang, MD

We thank Dr Brown for his interest in our article, “Management of influenza infection in children and pregnant women in BC, an update.”[1] His comment raises important distinctions between the use of... Read More

Letters / January/February 2016

Re: Management of influenza with Tamiflu

BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP

Reading the article on the use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for treatment of influenza [BCMJ 2015;57:402-406] was like revisiting an old nightmare. Worldwide, governments have invested over $9... Read More

Letters / January/February 2016

Re: Diagnostic testing for Lyme disease

BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC

Thank you to Drs Kling, Galanis, Morshed, and Patrick of the BC Centre for Disease Control for providing some badly needed evidence to counter patients’ claims of better tests for Lyme disease, in... Read More

Letters / January/February 2016

Re: BC at GC: Why care?

BY: Evert Tuyp, MD, FRCPC

In the October 2015 Pulsimeter item “BC at GC: Why care? (So long and thanks for the fish)” [BCMJ 2015;57:350], Dr Cadesky makes the following statement regarding the Doctors of BC delegation to... 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