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Letters / March 2022

Re: Unnecessary musculoskeletal MRIs (2)

BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC

Dr Panagiotopoulos raised the issue of unnecessary musculoskeletal MRIs in the November 2021 issue of the BCMJ. This problem of unnecessary imaging studies is not isolated to MRIs. I can corroborate... Read More

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Editorials / January/February 2022

Guest editorial: Gender-affirming care in British Columbia, Part 1

BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC

Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC Transgender health is a rapidly evolving field that is moving away from pathology toward gender-affirming practice. Over the last 2 decades, the field has... Read More

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President's Comment / January/February 2022

What lies within us

BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD

Dr Ramneek Dosanjh “What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.” Often attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, these words do not serve to... Read More

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Editorials / January/February 2022

Langley City family practice, Part 2

BY: David R. Richardson, MD

A loose definition of a family is a group of people going through the world together. Family isn’t always blood. It can simply be the people in your life who support and care for you. I wrote an... Read More

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Editorials / January/February 2022

BC mothers are the oldest in Canada. Let’s talk about that

BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC

For years, British Columbia has had the oldest average age of mothers in Canada.[1] In 2016, the average age of a person giving birth in BC was 31.5 years; as of 2020, this average reached a new high... 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