2024

Community food security means always having access to a safe, nutritious diet through a sustainable system that promotes healthy choices, self-reliance, and equal access.

Your list of recently deceased physicians in the May 2024 issue [BCMJ 2024;66:135-136] includes Dr Ralph Marenus Christensen. I did not know Dr Christensen personally, but he was part of an event that looms large in my memory. According to the obituary in the Vancouver Sun, “[a] highlight of his career was leading the surgical team to complete the first kidney transplant in Western Canada in 1968.”

Thiamine supplementation is a recommended best practice in alcohol withdrawal management, outpatient care, and harm reduction for people who are diagnosed with severe alcohol use disorder.

The e-book Am I Ableist? Disability Awareness in Healthcare was written by medical students from Dalhousie University, in collaboration with disability advocates, researchers, and people with disabilities.

Anorectal complaints can be a “pain in the butt” for both patients and physicians.