Clinical Case Reports /
BY: Sydney Sparanese, MD
September 2025
... include urine (most common), blood, hair, and nails. BC labs report the speciation of arsenic as both total and ... in addition to supportive care.[ 20 ] However, in BC, antidotes can be difficult to access due to challenges ... geographical area. In a 2003 study, less than 50% of urban BC hospitals had an adequate stock of the antidote to treat ...
Interviews /
BY: Tara Lyon
October 2025
... In addition to working as a general pediatrician at BC Children’s Hospital, Dr Kang works with the Social ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Catherine Joanne Binda, MD
April 2025
... 18 ] We call on physicians and allied health providers in BC to address language barriers in their clinics and refer ...
Letters /
BY: Rita K. McCracken, MD, PhD, CCFP (COE), FCFP
June 2025
... around the role of prescribing in the context of BC’s complex and evolving toxic drug crisis. We would like ... palliative care. In 2022, more than 237 000 people in BC were living with cancer,[ 3 ] and many rely on opioids for ... here. While international comparisons can be informative, BC’s public health landscape is notably different. Overdose ...
Physician Spotlight /
BY: Cecil Hershler, MD, PhD, FRCPC
November 2025
... was fortunate to obtain approximately $100 000 from the BC Health Research Foundation to undertake this research. The ...
President's Comment /
BY: Charlene Lui, MD
January/February 2025
... extreme privilege of serving as president of Doctors of BC. I am humbled by the passion, dedication, and skill of the ... system requires strong, unified leadership. Doctors of BC is a catalyst for change, uniting medical professionals, ... Together is our superpower. —Charlene Lui, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Together is our superpower ...
President's Comment /
BY: Charlene Lui, MD
May 2025
... came together 125 years ago to form what is now Doctors of BC, at a time when medical professionals had little support, ... Today, we celebrate the incredible impact Doctors of BC has had over the past 125 years, shaping the future of medicine in BC. We reflect on how far we’ve come—not only in medicine ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
July/August 2025
... concerns remain.[ 6,7 ] In April 2025, Doctors of BC released a policy statement on the use of AI in medical ... market adoption. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) published an interim guidance statement in October ...
Letters /
BY: Dean Giustini, MLS, MEd
October 2025
... critical role of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) Library and address the profound impact of its ... expressed in letters from physicians and librarians to the BC Medical Journal . Since 1960, CPSBC librarians have ... and Jane Jun from the Health Libraries Association of BC said that equating library value with usage metrics was ...
Premise /
BY: Eris Nyx, BA
December 2025
... public health policy aimed at relieving strain on BC’s health care system. Bridging this gap will require ... poisonings under codes T40.5 and T43.[ 2 ] The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) unregulated drug ... This report examined overdose events attended by the BC Emergency Health Services from 1 January 2010 to 31 May ...