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Letters / July/August 2021

Re: An inside look at BC’s illicit drug market. Authors reply

BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM, James S.H. Wong, BSc, Reinhard M. Krausz, MD, PhD, FRCPC

We appreciate Michelle Danda’s letter in response to our case report “An inside look at BC’s illicit drug market during the COVID-19 pandemic” [BCMJ 2021;63:9-13,19]. We wanted to note that a case... Read More

Letters / July/August 2021

Re: An inside look at BC’s illicit drug market

BY: Michelle Danda

While the case study presented in “An inside look at BC’s illicit drug market during the COVID-19 pandemic” [BCMJ 2021;63:9-13,19] may provide physicians who have limited knowledge of the illicit... Read More

Letters / July/August 2021

Interdisciplinary resources when patients want to leave hospital against medical advice

BY: Stephen D. Anderson, MD, FRCPC, Carol P. Anderson, MD, Bethan Everett, MBA, PhD

We commend your article “Management of vulnerable adult patients seeking to leave hospital: Understanding and using relevant legislation” [BCMJ 2021;63:106-111]. For consultation-liaison... Read More

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President's Comment / June 2021

Keeping you informed during negotiations

BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD

Dr Matthew Chow As I write this at the end of April, our province is facing a surge of COVID-19 cases. My neighborhood has been designated a high-transmission community, and I have been... Read More

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Editorials / June 2021

Restrictions on private health insurance

BY: Brian Day, MB

“Without a right of challenge through an independent body such as the judiciary, our legislative and executive bodies would be free to make arbitrary and discriminatory decisions respecting 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