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Letters / July/August 2020

Self-care during the pandemic

BY: Nilanga Aki Bandara, BSc, Vahid Mehrnoush, MD, Ricky Jhauj, BKin

BC’s physicians have worked tirelessly to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Research shows that health care professionals working on the frontlines of the pandemic have reported symptoms of mental health... Read More

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President's Comment / June 2020

Forever changed

BY: Kathleen Ross, MD

Dr Kathleen Ross “I am not afraid; I was born to do this.” —Joan of Arc 14 April 2020 Many of my communications over these past few weeks have focused on the impressive and... Read More

A hand is seen planting seeds
Editorials / June 2020

Is there a new, better normal?

BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD

Most of us could enumerate fairly closely the number of deaths reported to have occurred on 11 September 2001: 2977 victims and 19 hijackers. But our focus on the tragedy would leave us mistaken in... Read More

A child holds a drawing of a rainbow up to the window
Editorials / June 2020

A conversation from sometime in the future

BY: David R. Richardson, MD

“Hey, great-grandpa, how did you survive the COVID-19 pandemic?” “Mostly, I just sat around and sent funny memes to my social media contacts.” Back in February, I wrote an editorial about the... Read More

Letters / June 2020

Search engine to identify the most affordable drug, coverage availability, and special authority resources

BY: Anthony Chiam, RPh

Drugsearch.ca is a free search-engine website that shows the price of medications (brand and generic), whether a medication is covered by specific BC PharmaCare plans, and whether special authority... 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