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Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD June 2002
Mainstream peer-reviewed medical/scientific journals rarely seem to publish articles on complementary/alternative medical (CAM) topics. This appears to be a paradox if we are ... resulting in an aberrant reaction (like Dr Wong’s recent article in  BCMJ 2002;4[4]:184-187 ). There are quite a few ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2002
I read with interest the article by Dr Montemuro on treatments for menopausal symptoms ... me to respond to Dr Oppel’s letter regarding the article I wrote,  “Relieving the symptoms of menopause: ... a nurse, a pharmacologist, a family physician, a medical researcher, and members of the public. I also ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson July/August 2002
Difficult and often dramatized, the subject of medical error was once again in the spotlight thanks to the ... US Institute of Medicine. The international literature on medical error is extensive. A recent search of the MEDLINE ... discussing 33 cases involving errors. Phillip Hébert’s article [1]  on the ethics of disclosure of error provides a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carolyn A. Montgomery, MB September 2002
... Background Therapeutic abortion is one of the most common medical procedures performed in BC and Canada: 15 500 per ... BScN, for their help in reviewing earlier drafts of this article. Competing Interests None declared. Table 1. ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2002
... recently there has been an overt attempt by a large non-medical professional association to prevent the  BCMJ  from ... to prevent the  BCMJ  from publishing one particular article, stating it was improperly researched, reached ... agreed that it was a properly researched and well-written article. We have since published it on merit. It seems clear ...
Letters / BY: Jim Henderson September 2002
In your article “Availability of electronic full text ( BCMJ ... truth is, in the mid-1990s, a bill was introduced to make medical publications free to those who needed them. ... reference in the  New England Journal of Medicine  to an article published in the  Lancet . I had read the article ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Theresa Isomura, MD, FRCPC October 2002
... the contact and entry point for most Canadians into the medical system, so they are the ideal people to deliver basic ... may be enhanced by a shared-care mental health model. This article describes a shared-care mental health pilot project ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erin E. Michalak, PhD October 2002
... population-based systems of care for depression. This article aims to report on this shifting paradigm, ... The vast majority of BC residents are registered with the Medical Services Plan and see a general practitioner in the ... of care for the management of depressive disorders. This article assesses the current state in the treatment of ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson October 2002
Eleven years ago I joined the College’s Medical Library Service. I found a unique cross-provincial ... the Internet, e-mail, and the World Wide Web. Access to medical information has changed rapidly, with books and ... and password and then connected to the full text of the article. If you do not yet have your free MDConsult account, ...
Editorials / BY: Raymond W. Lam, MD, FRCPC October 2002
... afflicted at any given time; over $3 billion in direct medical costs; 40 000 person-years lost from work and over $1 ... is more common in primary care than any other chronic medical condition and that most depressed patients are ...  and  collaborative, shared care.   The third article  describes how busy family physicians can select and ...