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Back Page / BY: BCMJ Staff November 2025
... conducted every 3 to 5 years, and in every survey since 2002, respondents have expressed that the BCMJ is an ... past: the percentage who read between 50% and 100% of an issue has gone up from 48% in 2022 to 67% in 2025 [ Figure 1 ... Dr Caitlin Dunne offers her theories about why this may be the case. This year, 83% of respondents said they ...
Premise / BY: John A. Cairns, MD, FRCPC May 2025
... others only partially or not at all, and still others may experience undesirable, even fatal, side effects. The ... implementation of the Indigenous admissions pathway in 2002, there have been more than 120 additional Indigenous MD ... Opioid use disorder is a long-standing social and medical issue that has reached epidemic proportions in recent years, ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC April 2023
... PR campaign in the history of the universe.” Prior to 2002, hormone therapy was common. However, after the early ... BCMJ articles on managing menopause in the October 2022 issue (insert winking emoji). The ongoing challenge is ... versus benefits need to be individualized. Practitioners may struggle to find the time for a thorough discussion on ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... as informed by recent developments in the field. While we may touch on areas of evolving knowledge, it is beyond the ... born in Sweden over a 10-year period, from 1993 to 2002, and found that the year-over-year prevalence of the ... necessary in some cases. A companion article in this issue reviews the psychopharmacological treatment of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD November 2018
... prohormones as biomarkers of islet graft function that may have value in predicting islet transplant failure.[ 5 ] ... this was avoided with the recruitment of Dr Tim Kieffer in 2002 and Dr Jim Johnson in 2004. These capable investigators ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... a pivotal time in your career? On one Sunday morning in 2002 I was the emergency department doctor at my local rural ... all the generalist pieces of being a family doctor my dad may not have had an opportunity that day to receive the best ... the health care needs of our populations. What health care issue do you think is not getting enough attention right now? ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... developed. Often dubbed “walk-in care,” such a system may address the issue of timely access but often fails to offer continuity of ... from the BC Ministry of Health. Data were collected for 2002 to 2013 from reports labelled 10864_oldformat_xxyyYE ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2014
... entire system is never going to be fixed--as soon as one issue is addressed, major or minor, something else crops up. ... referring specifically to the formation of the GPSC in the 2002 agreement, the identification of the Specialist Services ... find that if you hear people out and you work together, it may take more time, but when you achieve a consensus decision ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gil Kimel, MSc June 2014
... HF mortality.[ 5 ] Serum b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) may be helpful for prognostication as well, since BNP levels ... heart transplant (known as “bridge therapy”). In 2002, the US Food and Drug Administration also approved the ... revised version of the article published in the June 2014 issue ( BCMJ  2014;56:224-229). The authors corrected an ...
Letters / BY: Kobus de Jager, MBBS September 2014
... average citizen, and perhaps even the average physician, may view death with dignity, a good death, aid in dying, ... has been far more rapid, with statutory implementation in 2002 and a more recent inclusion of neonates and children. ... terminate their life on request? Anyone debating this issue, be it for or against physician-assisted suicide, needs ...