June 30, 1998 / le 30 juin 1998

CMAJ 1998; 158(13)

© 1998 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

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Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef

Couverture : Ce numéro propose divers points de vue sur les soins palliatifs, de la perspective historique au regard très personnel, en passant par les facettes conceptuelle, clinique et éthique. Cover: This issue looks at palliative care from a wide range of perspectives: from the historical, through the conceptual, the clinical and the ethical, to be highly personal.

Robert Pope, whose art appears on the cover and on page 1726 (A Friend's Story), was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease at age 26 and died 9 years later from the side effects of the chemotherapy and radiotherapy that cured his disease. His book Ilness & Healing: Images of Cancer (Lancelot Press, 1991) chronicles in art and words his experience of cancer and its treatment, as well as his relationships with health care professionals, family and friends. Robert described the cover image, Progress, as "a multi-generational group of figures exploring family relationships, illness, and health. It looks back at the past and forward to the future. . . . This image can be likened to a cautionary parable. It reminds us of negative aspects of life: blindness, sickness, pollution. Yet this spiral of figures also suggests that hope and health can be achieved through human solidarity and the establishment of a vision for the future."

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Letters ˇ Correspondance Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants And God said . . ., J.J. Wiley Job wanted, anywhere!, F. Atcha A really bad locum, A.D. Bernstein; T. Bergmann; B.W. Munn; H.G. Harding; response: K.B. Emmott Herbal medicine: Show me the proof!, N.B. Hershfield Perspectives on overpopulation, G. Forbes; J.M. Dubé

	Evidence ˇ Études
1691	Identifying potential need for cancer palliation in Nova Scotia, G.M. Johnston, L. Gibbons, F.I. Burge, R.A. Dewar, I. Cummings, I.G. Levy [full text / résumé]

	Editorials ˇ Éditoriaux
1699	A march of folly, N. MacDonald [full text]
1702	Oncology and palliative care: bringing together the two solitudes, M.R. McKenzie [full text]
1705	The interface of palliative care, oncology and family practice: a view from a family practitioner, M.A. MacKenzie [full text]

	Education ˇ Éducation
1709	Palliative care — an essential component of cancer control, N. MacDonald [full text / résumé]
1717	Management of specific symptom complexes in patients receiving palliative care, E. Bruera, C.M. Neumann [full text / résumé]
1727	Measuring health-related quality of life in clinical trials that evaluate the role of chemotherapy in cancer treatment, M. Michael, I.F. Tannock [full text / résumé]
1735	Historical origins of current problems in cancer control, C.R.R. Hayter [full text / résumé]
1741	Ethical care at the end of life, E.J. Latimer [full text / résumé]

	Experience ˇ Expérience
1748	Dead tired, J. Poulson [full text]
1751	Palliative care on the oncology ward, J.E. Raiche [full text]

	Features ˇ Chroniques
1752	Furious passion confronts the cool logic behind a CEO's hospital appointment, C. Gray [full text / en bref]
1755	Take care when prescribing new drug to treat impotence, MDs warned, B. Sibbald [full text / en bref]
1757	Freestanding hospices ease pressure on physicians, hospitals, MD says, A. Elash [full text / en bref]

1759	On_the_Net@cma.ca ˇ Sur_le_Net@cma.ca    Palliative care finds a home on the Net

1760	CMA bylaw amendments ˇ Modifications des règlements administratifs de l'AMC

	Pulse ˇ Médicogramme
1784	Canada's massive injury toll / Le bilan énorme des blessures au Canada

ISSN 0820-3946 158(13) 1681-1784 (1998)