Letters /
BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD
April 2003
... does not make a summer, one swallow is one swallow. The article “Diabetic blood sugar control: An urban/rural ... [BCMJ 2002;44(10):537] refers to the Bella Coola Medical Clinic having a nurse “who is actively involved in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2003
... and North Vancouver, and, having had no training in medical school about marriage, I was totally unprepared for ... most practical thing.” In 1978 I came across a seminal article by Segraves [2] that provided a theoretical basis ... that has usually been characteristic of the marriage. This article summarizes the author’s gradual development of a ...
Letters /
BY: M.M. Moran, MB
May 2003
... or northern issues with any credibility. I note from her article that since 1981 or 1982 she has been part of a rota ... issues. I would find it much more plausible if this article was written by a physician that actually resided in a ... such as Dease Lake. Unfortunately, I believe that the BC Medical Association has the same understanding of the North ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
Letters /
BY: Anthony Taddei, PharmD
March 2003
I am writing regarding the article “BC only province not paying for painkillers,” ... the CLASS study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association , ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, generic) or ... a critical appraisal, it is always wise to look to the medical literature. However, it is not wise to “cherry ...
Letters /
BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD
March 2003
The article “Diabetic blood sugar control: An urban/rural ... responds I would like to thank Dr Farquhar for reading the article and I welcome his feedback. I agree that the poor ... lipids, vital signs, weight, height, ethnicity, sex, age, medical management) for diabetics and non-diabetics living in ...
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: 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 ...