The Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (CJRM) is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal available in print form and on the Internet. CJRM seeks to promote research into rural health issues, promote the health of rural (including native) communities, support and inform rural practitioners, provide a forum for debate and discussion of rural medicine, provide practical clinical information to rural practitioners and influence rural health policy by publishing articles that inform decision-makers. Material in the following areas will be considered for publication.

• Original articles: research studies, case reports and literature reviews of rural medicine
• Commentary: editorials, regional reviews and opinion pieces
• Clinical articles: practical articles relevant to rural practice. Illustrations and photos are welcomed and encouraged.
• Off Call articles: a grab-bag of material of general interest to rural doctors, such as travel, musings on rural living, essays
• Cover: artwork with a rural theme

Manuscript submission

Submit 3 hard copies of the manuscript and a copy on computer disk to Editor, Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, Box 1086, Shawville QC J0X 2Y0; 819 647-2972, fax 819 647-2845, cjrm@fox.nstn.ca. Include a covering letter indicating that the piece has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Hard copies of the manuscript should be double-spaced, with a separate title page, an abstract of no more than 200 words, followed by the text, full references and tables (each table on a separate page).

Uniform requirements

CJRM follows the guidelines set forth in "Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals."

Written permissions

Written permission must be provided for the reproduction of previously published material, for illustrations that identify human subjects, and from any person mentioned in the Acknowledgements or cited as the source of a Personal Communication.

Illustrations and electronic figures

Illustrations must be good quality unmounted glossy prints no larger than 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm). If figures are submitted electronically they should meet the specifications outlined in Digital Art Submission checklist.

References

Please ensure that the references (within the text and in the reference list) are not prepared using electronic EndNotes or Footnotes. References prepared in these formats have to be deleted and reformatted.

Accepted manuscripts

Authors of accepted articles will be required to submit the most recent version of the manuscript by email or on diskette (3.5 in HD/DD) in either IBM compatible or Macintosh format. Please specify the software used.

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