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Contents September 15 1997, Volume 157, Issue 6   [Index by Author]       Other Issues: Previous Next  
      Down Editorial * Éditorial
      Down News and analysis * Nouvelles et analyses
      Down Letters * Correspondance
      Down Research * Recherche
      Down Commentary * Commentaire
      Down Review * Synthèse
      Down Experience * Expérience
      Down Public health * Santé publique
      Down Features * Chroniques
      Down Resources * Ressources
      Down Books and other media * Livres et autres documents
      Down Pulse * Médicogramme
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Editorial * Éditorial:Back

J. Hoey
Editor's preface
CMAJ 1997 157: 625. [PDF]  
J. Hoey
Mot du rédacteur en chef
CMAJ 1997 157: 627. [PDF]  

News and analysis * Nouvelles et analyses:Back

H. Kent
"Dr. Peter" lives on through AIDS daycare centre
CMAJ 1997 157: 631. [PDF]  
D. Grant
Passport guarantors: if you sign, do not bill
CMAJ 1997 157: 631. [PDF]  
Wanted: more Newfoundland MDs
CMAJ 1997 157: 631-632. [PDF]  
Cost of workplace injuries soars
CMAJ 1997 157: 632-634. [PDF]  
H. Kent
Search-and-rescue team attracts BC physician
CMAJ 1997 157: 632. [PDF]  
CMA honours 2 medical pioneers, administrator
CMAJ 1997 157: 633. [PDF]  
C. J. Brown
Lean, mean metabolic machine
CMAJ 1997 157: 634. [PDF]  
Shortage of pediatric ophthalmologists
CMAJ 1997 157: 634. [PDF]  
Social isolation and the common cold
CMAJ 1997 157: 635. [PDF]  
Hormone replacement therapy, heart disease and breast cancer
CMAJ 1997 157: 635. [PDF]  
Spinal cord injury: time is of the essence
CMAJ 1997 157: 635. [PDF]  
C. J. Brown
The search for clues to early-stage ovarian cancer
CMAJ 1997 157: 635. [PDF]  
A. Hakim
Images of embolic stroke
CMAJ 1997 157: 697. [PDF]  

Letters * Correspondance:Back

N. Futter
Patient or client? If in doubt ask
CMAJ 1997 157: 637. [PDF]  
D. Petersen and E. Petersen
A message for the "human medical community"
CMAJ 1997 157: 637. [PDF]  
W. Kreyes
Relief from pain, not from life
CMAJ 1997 157: 638. [PDF]  
J. V. Lavery and P. A. Singer
Relief from pain, not from life
CMAJ 1997 157: 638-640. [PDF]  
J. H. Walters
Gender sensitivity a sensitive issue
CMAJ 1997 157: 640. [PDF]  
L. J. Clein
Gender sensitivity a sensitive issue
CMAJ 1997 157: 640. [PDF]  
L. S. Glass
Gender sensitivity a sensitive issue
CMAJ 1997 157: 640. [PDF]  
P. G. Cox
Gender sensitivity a sensitive issue
CMAJ 1997 157: 640-641. [PDF]  
K. L. Maudie
Gender sensitivity a sensitive issue
CMAJ 1997 157: 641. [PDF]  
S. Phillips
Gender sensitivity a sensitive issue
CMAJ 1997 157: 641. [PDF]  
E. Berger
Brave new world of gender-inclusive language
CMAJ 1997 157: 641. [PDF]  
G. Guyatt, L. Griffith, C. Risdon, and J. Liutkus
Brave new world of gender-inclusive language
CMAJ 1997 157: 641-642. [PDF]  
S. P. Ahern
Éducation en éthique : expérience et réflexion éthique
CMAJ 1997 157: 642-644. [PDF]  
G. W. Jones and J. Wright
Paradigms found
CMAJ 1997 157: 642. [PDF]  
P. J. Potter
Responding to diversity
CMAJ 1997 157: 644. [PDF]  
P. Newbery
Choosing the rural route
CMAJ 1997 157: 644-646. [PDF]  
G. Hollway, R. Klassen, S. Klassen, S. Newbery, E. Orrantia, R. Patel, and M. Sylvester
Choosing the rural route
CMAJ 1997 157: 646. [PDF]  
D. A. Omahen
Making career choices easier
CMAJ 1997 157: 646. [PDF]  
I. Singh and J. Hagey
Error corrected, conclusions the same
CMAJ 1997 157: 646-647. [PDF]  
R. J. Fingerote
Residents and suicide: Lessons to be learned?
CMAJ 1997 157: 647-648. [PDF]  
DCF. Muir
Bringing guidelines to the people
CMAJ 1997 157: 647. [PDF]  
I. Porzecanski
Offshore medical schools
CMAJ 1997 157: 648. [PDF]  
N. Hershfield
Healing body and mind
CMAJ 1997 157: 648. [PDF]  

Research * Recherche:Back

J. M. Findlay, W. S. Tucker, G. G. Ferguson, R. O. Holness, M. C. Wallace, and J. H. Wong
Guidelines for the use of carotid endarterectomy: current recommendations from the Canadian Neurosurgical Society
CMAJ 1997 157: 653-659. [PDF]  
H. J. Ovens and J. A. Permaul-Woods
Emergency physicians and sexual involvement with patients: an Ontario survey
CMAJ 1997 157: 663-669. [PDF]  
S. R. Kahn, S. Solymoss, and K. M. Flegel
Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: evidence for a prothrombotic state
CMAJ 1997 157: 673-681. [PDF]  
S. R. Kahn, S. Solymoss, and K. M. Flegel
Increased tissue plasminogen activator levels in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
CMAJ 1997 157: 685-689. [PDF]  

Commentary * Commentaire:Back

P. M. Walker
Carotid endarterectomy: applying trial results in clinical practice
CMAJ 1997 157: 693-694. [PDF]  
C. S. Landefeld
Atrial fibrillation and stroke: what we know, what's new, and what we should do now
CMAJ 1997 157: 695-697. [PDF]  
J. F. Seely
Bus rounds: a new approach to community-based medical education
CMAJ 1997 157: 701-702. [PDF]  
D. R. Boughner
A dangerous duo? A combination of common diet drugs (fen-phen) may lead to heart valve disease
CMAJ 1997 157: 705-706. [PDF]  
P. Hamet
Hypertension in pregnancy: new recommendations for management
CMAJ 1997 157: 709-710. [PDF]  

Review * Synthèse:Back

M. E. Helewa, R. F. Burrows, J. Smith, K. Williams, P. Brain, and S. W. Rabkin
Report of the Canadian Hypertension Society Consensus Conference: 1. Definitions, evaluation and classification of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
CMAJ 1997 157: 715-725. [PDF]  
E. Bruera, P. Selmser, J. Pereira, and C. Brenneis
Bus rounds for palliative care education in the community
CMAJ 1997 157: 729-732. [PDF]  
K. Capen and A. Kothari
Lawsuits over laser patents raise serious issues for physicians, patients
CMAJ 1997 157: 737-738. [PDF]  

Experience * Expérience:Back

R. Krell
Confronting despair: the Holocaust survivor's struggle with ordinary life and ordinary death
CMAJ 1997 157: 741-744. [PDF]  

Public health * Santé publique:Back

J. Hoey
The facts of lice
CMAJ 1997 157: 747. [PDF]  
J. Hoey
Des poux et des hommes . .
CMAJ 1997 157: 748. [PDF]  

Features * Chroniques:Back

M. Oliver
MDs remain sceptical as chelation therapy goes mainstream in Saskatchewan
CMAJ 1997 157: 750-753. [PDF]  
M. Oliver
Don't forget your wallet when you visit the Chelation Clinic
CMAJ 1997 157: 752. [PDF]  
M. Oliver
Evidence-based medicine and chelation therapy
CMAJ 1997 157: 753. [PDF]  
N. Robb
Death in a Halifax hospital: a murder case highlights a profession's divisions
CMAJ 1997 157: 757-762. [PDF]  
N. Robb
Morrison case raises questions for coroners, medical board
CMAJ 1997 157: 758-759. [PDF]  
N. Robb
Morale of Halifax physicians, medical students takes a hit
CMAJ 1997 157: 760. [PDF]  
A. Elash
Legalized MD-assisted suicide needed to improve care, physician tells right-to-die group
CMAJ 1997 157: 763-764. [PDF]  
M. Korcok
Excess demand meets excess supply as referral companies link Canadian patients, US hospitals
CMAJ 1997 157: 767-770. [PDF]  
D. Grant
Medical examiners' seminar looked at mysteries surrounding sudden death
CMAJ 1997 157: 771-772. [PDF]  
A. Tempelman-Kluit
Call of the wild a strong lure for Yukon physicians
CMAJ 1997 157: 773-775. [PDF]  
A. Tempelman-Kluit
Came for a locum, staying for life
CMAJ 1997 157: 774. [PDF]  
C. Gray
With a system in turmoil, will there be enough blood?
CMAJ 1997 157: 778-780. [PDF]  
S. Wharry
CMA revisits privatization issue, says "No thanks" once again
CMAJ 1997 157: 782-783. [PDF]  
S. Wharry
Don't ignore medical care: CMA
CMAJ 1997 157: 783. [PDF]  

Resources * Ressources:Back

On_the_Net@cma.ca/Sur_le_Net@cma.ca
CMAJ 1997 157: 785-786. [PDF]  
C. J. Brown
Unvarnished viewpoints and scientific scrutiny: Letters to the editor provide a forum for readers and help make a journal accountable to the medical community
CMAJ 1997 157: 792-794. [PDF]  

Books and other media * Livres et autres documents:Back

G. R. Langley
Evidence-based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM
CMAJ 1997 157: 788. [PDF]  
P. M. Ford
The Medical Management of AIDS in Women
CMAJ 1997 157: 788-789. [PDF]  
T. D. Nguyen
Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues -- Out of the Present and Into the Future
CMAJ 1997 157: 789. [PDF]  
J. R. Williams
Au pays de la bioéthique : L'éthique biomédicale aux États-Unis
CMAJ 1997 157: 789-790. [PDF]  
J. H. Day and A. Ellis
Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment
CMAJ 1997 157: 790. [PDF]  
I. G. Kerr
Cancer Pain Management: Principles and Practice
CMAJ 1997 157: 791. [PDF]  

Pulse * Médicogramme:Back

What are specialists doing?
CMAJ 1997 157: 852. [PDF]  
Que font les spécialistes?
CMAJ 1997 157: 852. [PDF]  

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