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Letters / October 2025

BC medical trainees’ perspectives on Canadian health system improvement

BY: Elsie Wang, BSc, Joban Bal, MD, Philip Edgcumbe, MD, PhD

In the face of increasing demands on Canada’s health care system, medical trainees across British Columbia are voicing urgent and practical concerns about the future of care delivery. In February... Read More

An Indigenous health care worker talks to an Indigenous patient while holding medication.
President's Comment / September 2025

Honoring truth and pursuing reconciliation: The physician’s role in healing beyond the clinic

BY: Charlene Lui, MD

Dr Charlene Lui In Canada, 30 September is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. For Indigenous Peoples, it is a symbolic day—a collective acknowledgment of historical trauma,... Read More

A doctor talks to a person holding a baby.
Editorials / September 2025

Beyond Kelowna: A wake-up call for child health in British Columbia

BY: Kristopher T. Kang, MD

For many of us, the closure of the pediatric inpatient unit at Kelowna General Hospital in May 2025 did not come as a surprise. Pediatricians in the region had been raising concerns about safety and... Read More

A person plants a tree.
Editorials / September 2025

Tools to address anti-Indigenous racism in health care

BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC

It is said that the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, and the second-best time is today. September is our reminder to reflect and recommit to learning about the ongoing impacts of... Read More

Letters / September 2025

Library services for BC family physicians

BY: Murray Trusler, MD, MBA, FCFP, FRRMS,

I read with interest Dr Faye MacKay’s excellent letter to the editor in the May issue of the BCMJ [2025;67:127]. Dr MacKay was justifiably distressed over the abrupt closure of the College of... 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