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Letters / BY: Rita K. McCracken, MD, PhD, CCFP (COE), FCFP June 2025
... around the role of prescribing in the context of BC’s complex and evolving toxic drug crisis. We would like ... palliative care. In 2022, more than 237 000 people in BC were living with cancer,[ 3 ] and many rely on opioids for ... here. While international comparisons can be informative, BC’s public health landscape is notably different. Overdose ...
Letters / BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD June 2025
... letter about our article on new long-term opioid use in BC.[ 1 ] Our understanding is that they are concerned our ... our article, we aimed primarily to describe the specific BC data we had access to, and we were cautious to provide ... 4-year study period.[ 1 ] Our focus was to determine the BC-specific initial opioid prescription practices, as this ...
Obituaries / BY: Gaylene Vickery June 2025
... Germany. In April 1953, they immigrated to Prince Rupert, BC, and a year later, Kurt moved to Vancouver to pursue his ...
Original Research / BY: Tandi Wilkinson, MD, CCFP-EM, FCFP July/August 2025
... with the support of the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc), launched the Hands-On Ultrasound Education ... designed to meet the unique needs of rural physicians in BC.[ 8 ] The program was developed with an understanding and ... Haida Gwaii is a remote group of islands off the coast of BC, approximately 200 km by water from the nearest referral ...
Original Research / BY: Olivia F. Hunter July/August 2025
... other marginalized groups.[ 12,13 ] The publicly available BC Surgical Wait Times (BCSWT) database tracks quarterly data ... an overview of the recent state of surgical wait times in BC using BCSWT data.[ 15 ] Methods Data were analyzed from Q2 ... analysis, hospitals that serve the entire province (e.g., BC Children’s Hospital, BC Women’s Hospital and Health ...
News June 2025
... local medical information and to foster connections among BC physicians—but we need your guidance. We are asking ... of information and a publication through which BC physicians can stay connected and engaged. Survey ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Paul Winston, MD, FRCPC July/August 2025
... and the licensing of dozens of physicians from outside BC by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC). Our tiny clinic has raised close to $1 million ... around the world is streamlined. Through Doctors of BC and Island Health Research grants, we now treat children ...
News / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) July/August 2025
... to challenge the restrictions on private care contained in BC’s Medicare Protection Act.     Cambie Surgeries ... Columbia was launched in 2009. Eleven years later the BC Supreme Court released its decision upholding the impugned ... sections of the Act. This decision was upheld at the BC Court of Appeal, with the litigation ultimately proving ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Selena Lawrie, MD, CCFP July/August 2025
... for over a decade. An estimated 42 000 children in BC have a diagnosed anxiety disorder, and 95 000 have a ... to address the underlying causes. Fortunately, in BC, we have some effective resources for physicians and ... Promotion’s most recent policy statement points out, BC’s current mental health system is complex and ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Jaron Easterbrook, MD July/August 2025
... in numbers At Rocky Mountain Health Centre in Fernie, BC, six family physicians have contributed data to FPSC’s ...