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

The editorial “Ah, the good ol’ days. Nary an orphan in sight.” (BCMJ 2016;58:244) provided a simplistic description of the growth of hospital medicine (a.k.a., hospitalist programs) in BC. It also... Read More

Thank you, Dr Mahy, for sharing your thoughts on the milieu of medical professionalism. This is to be considered as each of us sets out every day to deliver the highest quality of care to all... Read More

The development of this or any other professional standard is not “unprecedented.” The College has a statutory obligation to set standards for medical practice, and most elements contained in the... Read More

Dr Jasmine Grewal Dr Marla Kiess During normal fetal circulation the fetus receives oxygen directly from the mother through the placenta. Blood enters the fetus’s right atrium, and... Read More