The College appreciates the opportunity to respond to a letter regarding its professional standard, Marijuana for Medical Purposes. According to the Health Professions Act (HPA), the role of the... Read More
In response to our president’s “Thoughts on professionalism” in the June issue (BCMJ 2016;58:247), I would like to add comments pertaining to his third tenet of our profession’s longstanding... Read More
In an unprecedented move, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) introduced the professional standards and guidelines Safe Prescribing of Drugs with Potential for Misuse/Diversion as a... Read More
A recent article in the Globe and Mail, included in a Doctors of BC newsflash, led me to write about electronic health records (www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/doctors-using-... Read More
Over the years hundreds of millions of tax dollars have been spent on over 300 government health care task forces and commissions; 25 years ago BC’s Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs (the... Read More