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President's Comment / May 2022

What do we do when our systems are sick?

BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD

Dr Ramneek Dosanjh How do we promote health when our health care system—its design and implementation, structure and policies, and internal operating system—needs dire attention? The very... Read More

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Editorials / May 2022

The evolving crisis in primary care

BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM)

While the two leading health crises in BC remain opioids and COVID-19, a third—the declining access to primary care—is rapidly gaining ground. Statistics Canada figures from 2019 indicate that 17.... Read More

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Editorials / May 2022

What about me?

BY: David R. Richardson, MD

The questions my patients ask me have changed subtly over the years. Initially it was “Do you know you look too young to be a doctor?” Then that became “Why are you always so weird?” And lately it’s... Read More

Letters / May 2022

Re: The crisis that COVID-19 exposed, highlighted, and worsened (but did not cause)

BY: Neil Finnie, MD

I read with pleasure Dr Brian Day’s lament about the mounting inadequacies of the hospital, physician, and nursing sectors over recent decades [BCMJ 2022;64:53-54]. The burning reality... Read More

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Premise / April 2022

Innovations in early intervention for people with eating disorders

BY: Karen Trollope-Kumar, MD, PhD, CCFP

Eating disorders are complex brain-based illnesses with both psychological and physical components. They affect almost 10% of the population and have become much more prevalent since the COVID-19... 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