Letters /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
April 2012
... surprise those who note that the organization is headed by people trained in “mind/body methods, spiritual healing, ...
News /
BY: Tara Lyon
September 2012
... awards for his achievements in the arts, including the People’s Choice Award at the Oak Bay High School Film ...
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 ...