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Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD September 2018
... policies regarding medicine and social media, and found an article published in 2017 by the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) that addressed this ... the posted information is properly de-identified.” The article also mentioned that physicians may share identifiable ...
Letters / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP September 2018
I was disheartened to see that Dr Peter Rothfels, in his article “Best practices in treating noncancer pain” [ 1 ] ... those with chronic noncancer pain.” Being the chief medical officer for WorkSafeBC, I would presume this article is addressed to BC physicians and their prescribing. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2018
... long, but it doesn’t necessarily have to. The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) encourages physicians to promote ... The two physical activity questions at the start of this article are an example of a validated exercise history ... 6 ] No matter how you scored at the beginning of this article, hopefully you are motivated to find an extra 10 ...
News September 2018
... and each year awards a prize of $1000 for the best medical student submission accepted for print and ... the publication’s transition from the  Vancouver Medical Association Bulletin to the BCMJ in 1959. Dr ... deadlines, please visit  https://www.bcmj.org/submit-article-award . News J.H. MacDermot Writing Award ...
Letters / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD October 2018
... editors, designers, and all others who create the BC Medical Journal ! This journal forms a common bond for the ... writers’ love of medicine as a profession. Consider the article about early Canadian ships’ surgeons ... in “Physician suicide—where the system fails.” The article, dedicated to the memory of his brother, psychiatrist ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD October 2018
... Paul’s Hospital I must have gone to more than a thousand medical grand rounds; fewer than a handful of them stand out ... was given by the remarkable man who is the subject of this article. Dr Angus Rae was born in 1929 in London, UK, the ... interest in kidneys. Dr Rae entered the London Hospital Medical School (now the Royal) in 1947 at age 18. Of ...
Editorials / BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC November 2018
... which identifies diabetes management as a priority medical condition and establishes outcome measures. Medical ... by highly respected international organizations. The first article in this theme issue reports on findings from a ... the negatives and positives of diabetes care in BC. This article by Dr Maureen Clement and colleagues considers the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... mortality, and increase the cost burden to patients, our medical system, and society as a whole.[ 2 , 3 ] Primary care ... unaware of the sponsors’ identities until after this article was submitted to the BCMJ . Funds were used ... not involved in any aspect of the decision to develop this article, in the content of the article, in the selection of ...
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