Letters /
BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC
December 2024
... diagnostic services in a tertiary care setting such as BC Children’s Hospital or tertiary adult or regional ... including bacteria and viruses. For example, the BC Children’s Hospital microbiology laboratory was sentinel ...
Letters /
BY: Douglas J. Courtemanche, MD, MS, FRCSC
March 2024
... tourism disguised as CME. Primum non nocere. I suggest BC physicians refuse this type of CME. —Douglas J. ...
Letters /
BY: Michael Cooper, MD, FRCPC
May 2024
... diagnostic process. The guide is available on the Pathways BC website under Mental Health—Adult > Information ... I would like to thank Dr Tracy Monk and staff at Pathways BC for their assistance with my project. Pathways BC continues to expand and provides an exceptional resource ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Amber Sawkins, MSW, RSW
July/August 2024
... are available to any employer or person working in BC and to BC-based workers working temporarily outside the province, ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Vivek Gill, BHSc
November 2024
... a stillbirth in Canada, of which 567 took place in BC.[ 2-4 ] Nearly all stillbirths occur in a hospital ... high-quality care.[ 28 ] As a provincial referral center, BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre has the highest volume of stillbirths in BC. Of the 561 stillbirths recorded in BC in 2022, 333 ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, ISAM
April 2024
... Edna. Appointing a power of attorney or representative In BC, an adult can appoint an attorney pursuant to a power of attorney. Most powers of attorney in BC are enduring powers of attorney, meaning that the power of ... Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia: www.trustee.bc.ca Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia: ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Tracy Barber, RPT, Grad Dip Phys
June 2024
... of self-reported, physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis in BC.[ 2 ] Arthritis of the knee not only affects the specific ...
Editorials /
BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD
September 2024
... a decade ago and was launched here in November 2020 by the BC Parks Foundation, expanding to many provinces since then. ... human health. Finally, having participated in Doctors of BC’s annual Walk with your Doc event , I wonder whether ...
Letters /
BY: Anthony Walter, MD
January/February 2024
... new. While practising family medicine in the North of BC in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I was asked to explain ...
News /
BY: Hali Stus
April 2024
When speaking with Doctors of BC members about life insurance, I am often asked, “How ... the appropriate coverage has been determined, Doctors of BC offers our physician members up to $5 million of group ... please speak with a noncommissioned, licensed Doctors of BC insurance advisor to get a proper assessment. Email ...