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President's Comment / May 2020

COVID-19 reflections

BY: Kathleen Ross, MD

Dr Kathleen Ross It is 2 April 2020 as I write this President’s Comment. Across Canada the first wave of the coronavirus crisis is beginning to take off. Using frameworks fine-tuned... Read More

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Editorials / May 2020

My pandemic fears

BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB

31 March 2020 By the time this editorial, written at the end of March, makes it to print, it will be hopelessly out of date. I hope that my fears today do not become our reality when this is read... Read More

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Editorials / May 2020

Farewell, Kash

BY: David R. Richardson, MD

Ms Kashmira Suraliwalla, 2018 As I write this editorial, COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe and drastically changing the daily lives of its inhabitants. It is a time of... Read More

Letters / May 2020

Is our health system ready for digital health today? Exploring the way forward

BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC, Helen Novak Lauscher, PhD, Chad Kim Sing, MD, Maryam Matean, MPH

Asking “Is our society ready to go digital?” may seem absurd considering that digital technologies are core to almost every aspect of our daily lives. Yet, asking “Is our health system ready for... Read More

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Premise / April 2020

Group medical practice is the natural evolution of medicine

BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC

The most famous quote about evolution has got to be Theodosius Dobzhansky’s, “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” This applies to medical practice as well. We have... 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