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Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD October 2016
... someone out of context they can be completely unfamiliar. My first job was in a bustling bedroom community, 15 minutes ... from where we lived. There was not a single stoplight on my brief commute to the hospital—just one grocery store, a Canadian Tire, and a ...
Obituaries / BY: John O’Brien-Bell, MB July/August 2016
... practice and was an anesthetist at Creston Valley Hospital for 20 years. He was the first life member of the ... all for he had the unique ability to cross generations. As my grandson, Nick, said, “He was one of those epic people ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2016
... located at 1665 West Broadway in Vancouver, I will make it my business to connect and consult broadly with specialists ... became the director of laboratories at the Royal Columbian Hospital in January 1958, where he developed a unique health ... Columbia. Dr Coady took a keen interest in professional, hospital, medical, and technical organizations, serving on ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD July/August 2016
... calls and take the sick to the small Fountain Red Cross hospital or transport them to the hospital in Lytton. He ... Historical Society. That same year he wrote his biography, My Sixty Years in Canada —a fascinating read. Dr Miyazaki ... was a good guy. I know that Ma Murray would echo my words with “and that’s for damn sure.” A note on ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2016
... physician in the local community who doesn’t have any hospital affiliation, and those who just don’t have a ... proliferated and general practitioners gave up their hospital privileges for a number of reasons—round/call ... hospitalist programs became the norm. Nothing against my hardworking hospitalist colleagues, but as time progressed ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB June 2016
I lied. I lied to my wife. It’s out in the open now, so I can talk about it. ... dishonesty, evasion, and misrepresentation. I was hiding my phone so she couldn’t see texts from her friends and ... end. She had end-stage chronic disease. As she lay in her hospital bed, becoming weaker and more drowsy, I started to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jonathan Pearce, MD, CCFP(PC) June 2016
... in the outpatient setting, but may be initiated in a hospital or care facility. Sample questions for initiating ... , 13 ] are outlined in Table 1 . In British Columbia, the My Voice workbook provides a framework for approaching ACP ... important to clarify this distinction. In addition to the My Voice workbook designed for use in British Columbia, other ...
MDs To Be / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD June 2016
... A receipt. Weird. I yawned and stuffed the paper in my pocket as I stepped into the windowless space. Stopping ... dark skin had a greenish cast. Her translator shook my hand. I had met many women by that time in those rooms ... I played my part, discussing prophylactic medication, hospital policy, police procedures. After all that, we still ...
Letters / BY: Scott D. Smith, MD, CCFP, MSc September 2016
... provided a simplistic description of the growth of hospital medicine (a.k.a., hospitalist programs) in BC. It ... “patients who were cared for by their own GP had shorter hospital stays” than those cared for by hospitalists. No ... example. I have great respect for the dedication of my GP colleagues who maintain busy community practices as ...
Letters / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2016
Thank you for your response letter to my editorial. I have great respect for my hardworking hospitalist colleagues and meant no ... My piece reflects the statistics and experiences at my hospital and was meant to be a tribute to the valuable ...