Letters /
BY: Jennifer Lajoie, MD,
June 2012
... merit. In general, I tend to support the opinions of people who I feel are elected to represent us and know much ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH
December 2012
... are Aboriginal.[ 7 ] Incarcerated adult Aboriginal people are generally younger, have less formal education, and ... to be unemployed than are incarcerated non-Aboriginal people.[ 8 ] The guiding principles of the 2003 World Health ... and positive HIV status.[ 54 ] In BC, an estimated 30% of people with substance abuse, mental illness, or both (SAMI) ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
March 2012
... and WMC is to use pronouns and other nouns in reference to people, groups, tests, etc., in order to eliminate abbreviations (ABBR). I think most people (MP) when reading find that ABBR interrupt flow (IF) ...
President's Comment /
BY: Shelley Ross, MD
July/August 2012
... agreement has taken years and a lot of hard work from many people. From the BCMA’s perspective this agreement gets ...
Editorials /
BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD
May 2012
... abilities? I looked around hopefully for people of my own era and background. Fortunately I fell into ...
Letters /
BY: Thomas J. DeMarco, MD
October 2012
... a menace to other road users. So then why don’t more people use bikes to get around? Because firstly, they think ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
January/February 2012
... with the same preset combination that only about 5% of people had changed. He also discovered a hole in the fence, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC
July/August 2012
... the biggest barrier to good pain management for the many people living and dying with chronic pain. Palliative care ...
President's Comment /
BY: Shelley Ross, MD
December 2012
... Christmas, we settle down to open presents. Like most people, I love the giving aspect of Christmas—the look on ... family fabric, bringing us together even when our favorite people move far away and at some point begin their own ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Annika Klopp, BSc,
April 2012
... look at the potential of artistic expression as a way for people to feel better and to articulate what is needed for ... writing, music, mask-making, and painting—as a way for people to feel better, voice insights in innovative ways ... a little worried. We hold tight until noon and slowly people start to trickle in. By 12:30, the maximum number we ...