October

On average, 500 people a year suffer severe or catastrophic injuries as a result of car crashes in BC. The rehabilitation process for these individuals can be long, complex, and expensive. Fortunately, the support and collaboration of an integrated team of medical and rehabilitation professionals can increase the chances of a successful recovery for these patients.

I’d like to relate an experience I recently had with a chiropractor in Kelowna. It was both educational and disturbing.

On account of recurring low back pain, my daughter was enthusiastically advised by one of her friends to visit a particular chiropractor who had “the greatest reputation in the world.”

The September issue of the Journal, guest edited by Dean Gavin Stuart [BCMJ 2008;50(7):366-395], gives an impressive account of our expanding medical school. 

Several contributions are factual and others describe technical advances including selection of students, evaluation of their progress, and descriptions of videoconferencing and the IT available for continuing education. No one would dispute, certainly not the BCMA Section of Clinical Faculty, the value of turning the province into a medical school. 

With regards to uses of old Harrison’s texts: mine is a 15th edition, and ever since I discovered UptoDate, still contributes to “patient care” as it now resides under the box spring of our bed as my wife suffers from GERD.  

—Tyler Cheek, MD
Victoria

I would like to respond to “The other dual diagnosis: Developmental disability and mental health disorders” (BCMJ 2008;50[6]:312-324).

I am a social worker and a parent of a son with Down syndrome, autism, and now type 1 diabetes.