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Letters / December 2025

Re: Fewer patients per family physician in BC is the result of intolerable working conditions

BY: Ben Schwartzentruber, MD

I read with interest my colleague Dr Gerald Tevaarwerk’s article on the ongoing pressures facing family physicians [BCMJ 2025;67:273-274]. I wanted to reply to his comment regarding consulting... Read More

Letters / December 2025

Re: Beyond Kelowna

BY: Tahmeena Ali, MD, CCFP, FCFP

The recent editorial by Dr Kristopher Kang [BCMJ 2025;67:234] highlighting the shortage of pediatricians—particularly in rural BC—is an example of a larger challenge facing all of medicine: the death... Read More

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Back Page / September 2025

Taking the pulse of reader preferences

BY: BCMJ Staff

Preliminary results from the BCMJ survey, 9 June to 4 July 2025. Methodology... Read More

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Premise / November 2025

“Power with”: An alternative to medical colonialism

BY: Robin Routledge, MD, FRCPC

A First Nations senior presented to his hearing instrument practitioner with complaints of repeated episodes of vertigo. She advised him to go to the emergency room right away. He replied, “Listen,... Read More

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Back Page / November 2025

BCMJ 2025 reader survey results

BY: BCMJ Staff

In June 2025, Doctors of BC members (approximately 24 700 active and retired physicians) had the opportunity to complete the 2025 BCMJ reader survey. The BCMJ Editorial Board and staff rely on the... 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