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Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2021
... providing essential care and trainees requiring continuing medical education necessitates special consideration of the ... On behalf of the RDBC Board of Directors, we aim, in this article, to analyze these issues with the goal of guiding ... in these areas remain in their infancy. We hope that this article serves as a starting point for ongoing discussion and ...
Billing Tips / BY: Janet Evans, MD September 2021
This article originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of the ... the Patterns of Practice Committee decided to rerun the article. In the July/August issue of the BCMJ we described ... or regulation, and which are rendered personally by medical practitioners or by others delegated to perform them ...
Clinical Articles / BY: L.S. Yefet, MD October 2021
... prevalence of prescription opioid misuse with greater medical use of prescription opioids in this population.[ 36 ] ... opinions, and conclusions drawn in this original research article are those of the authors, and do not reflect the ... slightly, and the types of opioids prescribed varied by medical specialty and over the study period. Clinical ...
MDs To Be / BY: Tristan Jeffery, BSc October 2021
... is little information about Two-Eyed Seeing approaches in medical research. The aim of this article is to discover and review which Indigenous health care themes are present in Western medical literature. Methods We performed a focused narrative ...
Editorials / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... ] Such stigma developed against the use of opioids that an article on cancer pain management from 1941 stated the ... be unlikely to result in further inquiry. The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) is always willing to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC November 2021
... also associated with significant painful sequelae. This article focuses on cancer pain and the appropriate use of ... is overwhelmingly the most common reason for requesting medical assistance in dying, primarily because of fear of ... model, but discussion of this is beyond the scope of this article. Non-opioid analgesics, however, are frequently ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... to usual therapies in advanced disease of any cause. This article focuses on how to prescribe safely and effectively in ... the prescribing physician, and the community. This article assumes that each patient who was started on opioids ... happens when opioids are used for dyspnea in a controlled medical environment? The use of opioids for symptomatic ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2021
... [ BCMJ ;54:61 ] discussing the use of abbreviations in medical writing, essentially pleading with scientific writers ... without having to wonder what it stands for and rescan the article above for a definition. Medicine is full of commonly ... your writing. Frequent use of abbreviations turns a good article into a manuscript that reads like fingernails across ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Santabhanu Chakrabarti, MD, FRCPC, FCCS December 2021
... that allows eligible Canadian adults to request medical assistance in dying (MAID). In Canada, two methods of ... in 10.1% of individuals in Canada who are eligible for medical assistance in dying. Within this population, cardiac ... of MAID Assessors and Providers when developing this article. ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular conditions are highly ...
Letters / BY: Renee Fernandez, MD, CCFP December 2021
... provide a response to Dr Horton’s letter regarding the article “Re-embracing physical activity after COVID-19: What is the physician’s role?” The article highlighted the critical role that family physicians ... complex, antiquated document that does not reflect modern medical practice or support patient-centred appropriate care. ...
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