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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 ...