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Clinical Articles / BY: Stuart Johnston, MD May 2003
In Canada, patient access to hospital and medical services is considered a fundamental human right. In ... were funded: clinical service delivery and education. This article focuses primarily on the Vanderhoof and Stoney Creek ... to be a worldwide phenomenon. According to a recent article published in the  Medical Post , a survey of the ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD June 2003
... after 17 years as a specialist, I’d have to go back to medical school!). The recruitment and retention of family ... field. According to recent statistics, of this year’s medical school graduates only 24% are choosing FP as their ... FPs. In the 1 April issue of the  CMAJ , a news article stated that after the first round of the 2003 ...
Letters / BY: Terence W. Anderson BM, BCh, FRCPC, PhD July/August 2003
... your colleagues for doing such a professional job with our article on life expectancy in the elderly [ BCMJ 2003;45(4):178-182 ]. (Back in the 1960s I was medical editor of  Applied Therapeutics  for a couple of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... local recurrence rates. As explained in the previous article, “ Practice patterns and appropriateness of care ... for rectal cancer management in this theme issue of the BC Medical Journal ( 2003;45[6]:264 ) and on the BC Cancer ... surgeons, pathologists, radiologists, radiation and medical oncologists, and UBC residents. Dr Cornelis van de ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2003
... The decision-making process around where to submit an article is multifaceted; however, suffice it to say that ... been a preferred destination for many of BC’s best medical authors. Over the 20-odd years that I have been ... If anyone out there has been thinking about writing an article about what he or she does, what’s new, what’s ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel W.L. Lai, PhD October 2003
... a response rate of 77%. For the purposes of this article, only data collected from 765 Victoria and Vancouver ... Mental Component Summary (MCS) in a Chinese version of the Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short Form (SF-36), [22]  a ... Objective:  In an aging and culturally diverse society, medical professionals need to understand the health status of ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD December 2003
Dr Phil Ashmore recently submitted a historical article to the  BCMJ  entitled “The early development of cardiac surgery in British Columbia.” This article, soon to be published in our  Journal , provides a ... described by many in the popular media of the day as a “medical marvel”—is an engrossing trip down BC’s own ...
Editorials / BY: Jack Taunton, MD December 2003
This is the second issue of the  BC Medical Journal  with a focus on sport medicine. The ... understanding of function, physiology, and anatomy. In the article on  the role of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ... (or jumper’s knee), the subject of the  second article . This is an overuse injury caused by repeated ...
Letters / BY: Alex Porzecanski, MD December 2003
I am writing regarding the article  “The hospitalist program: A new specialty on the ... can truly treat all patients, regardless of their age and medical problem. I instead believe that the hospitalist ... are waiting in the queue to enter the IMG (International Medical Graduate) credentialing system in BC, of whom there ...
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