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Letters / November 2025

Re: Health outcomes of patients in the Complex Chronic Diseases Program

BY: Spencer Cleave, MD, CCFP, Thea Gilks, MD, FRCPC, Isaac Rodin, MD

We thank the authors for their illuminating article [BCMJ 2025;67:174-181]. We appreciate the dedication of the Complex Chronic Diseases Program (CCDP) to a group of patients who are stigmatized and... Read More

Letters / November 2025

Re: Health outcomes of patients in the Complex Chronic Diseases Program. Authors reply

BY: Luis Nacul, MD, PhD

We thank the BCMJ for sharing the letter from Cleave and colleagues[1] about our article and the authors for their perspective on the needs of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/... Read More

Letters / November 2025

Why doctors must start thinking like CEOs

BY: Marie Claire Bourque, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DABPN

Maybe I’m burned out, sure, but maybe I’m just sick of not getting paid for the work I do. I’m a psychiatrist, and it is shocking to me that we physicians routinely don’t get paid for work we’ve done... Read More

President's Comment / October 2025

Gratitude

BY: Charlene Lui, MD

Dr Charlene Lui In medicine, our work is often defined by urgency. The constant demands of clinical practice, administrative responsibilities, and personal commitments can leave little... Read More

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Editorials / October 2025

Elbows up for evidence, science, and health in Canada

BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC

On 28 August 2025, dozens of scientists with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) walked off the job in protest. This action, unprecedented in the history of one of the... 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