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President's Comment / June 2024

The creativity to do more with less in a constrained health care system

BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC

Dr Ahmer A. Karimuddin As doctors, we hear about and feel the daily challenges of a constrained health care system—the lack of adequate doctors, nurses, operating rooms, hospital beds, CT... Read More

Speed limits and pedestrian safety.
Editorials / June 2024

Driving toward injury-free roadways

BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC

In the afternoon of Wednesday, 17 April 2024, a cyclist was struck and killed by a pickup truck in East Vancouver. This tragic event was the 14th death due to a road crash in Metro Vancouver this... Read More

Premise / June 2024

BC to fund in vitro fertilization: For whom and how?

BY: Lauren Whitehead, MD, FRCSC, Rahana Harjee, MD, FRCSC, Niamh Tallon, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCSC

Defining infertility Infertility is defined as a condition or disease that results in difficulties in achieving a successful pregnancy. It has been estimated to affect 1 in 6 heterosexual couples... Read More

Letters / June 2024

Re: Primary care needs more access to doctors, not less

BY: Thomas J. DeMarco, MD

I wish to affirm the Premise put forward by Drs Bell and Sloan that both patients and physicians benefit from increased access to primary care [BCMJ 2024;66:14-15]. I have been in family practice... Read More

Letters / June 2024

Physician ignition: Promoting physician wellness through CME

BY: Daniel Y. Dodek, MD, CCFP, FCFP

The 69th Annual St. Paul’s Hospital CME Conference for Primary Care Physicians was held in Vancouver 21–24 November 2023. Close to 1000 family doctors and medical residents attended in person, and... Read More

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BCMJ Volume 67 Number 10 cover.

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