February 24, 1998 / Le 24 février 1998

CMAJ 1998; 158 (4)

© 1998 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

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Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef

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News and analysis · Nouvelles et analyses Taking the "care" out of health care Canadians busy bringing family medicine to Bosnia Study challenges perceptions on back pain Number of underserviced areas surges in southern Ontario Bethune coin Mint's first to honour Canadian MD Women in majority among medical school grads Smoke got in their eyes Scientific conflict and conflict of interest Secret of eternal life — at the cellular level

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Letters · Correspondance [Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants] Choosing between SSRIs and TCAs, M. Etminan; response: A. Flint The BSE advantage, E.S. Sterns; response: B.J. Harvey & associates Research letter: Antibacterial activity of fluorescein, J.J. Roy & associates The imaging of incidentalomas, D.C. Rappaport and N. Merchant; response: T.C. Ooi

Cover: During central Canada's recent ice storm, thousands of trees and dozens of hydro towers toppled under the weight of the ice. The storm was also a severe test for the health care systems in Quebec and Ontario, but they rose to the challenge (page 520 and page 524). Couverture: Au cours de la récente tempête de verglas qui a frappé le Canada central, des milliers d'arbres et des dizaines de tours de transmission se sont écrasés sous le poids de la glace. La tempête a aussi constitué une autre épreuve pour le système de soins de santé du Québec et celui de l'Ontario, qui ont toutefois relevé le défi (page 520 et page 524).

	Evidence · Études
475	The delay to thrombolysis: an analysis of hospital and patient characteristics, J.M. Brophy, J.G. Diodati, P. Bogaty, P. Théroux, on behalf of the Quebec Acute Coronary Care Working Group [abstract / résumé]
481	Common bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Ontario: Does ICD-9 coding indicate true incidence, B. Taylor [abstract / résumé]

	Editorials · Éditoriaux
489	Administrative databases: Fact or fiction?, W.J.S. Marshall [full text]
491	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for patients in a persistent vegetative state: Futile or acceptable?, C. Weijer [full text]

	Education · Éducation
496	Guidelines for antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection, A.R. Rachlis, D.P. Zarowny, for the Canadian HIV Trials Network Antiretroviral Working Group [full text / résumé]
506	Insulin lispro (Humalog), the first marketed insulin analogue: indications, contraindications and need for further study, A.L. Puttagunta, E.L. Toth [abstract / résumé]

	Experience · Expérience
514	Suicide and life: the ultimate juxtaposition, P.S. Links [full text]

	Public health · Santé publique
516	Rubella outbreaks on cruise ships [full text]
517	Flambées de rubéole sur des bateaux de croisière [texte complet]

	Features · Chroniques
520	Quebec's Ice Storm '98: "all cards wild, all rules broken" in Quebec's shell-shocked hospitals, J. Hamilton [full text / en bref]
524	Eastern Ontario braces for poststorm stress, C. Guly [full text]
528	7:10 am, Nov. 8, 1994, A. Mullens [in brief / en bref]

567	Deaths · Nécrologie

	Pulse · Médicogramme
568	For first time, men a minority in graduating class / Une première : les hommes en minorité dans une promotion

532	Books and other media · Livres et autres documents Physician-Assisted Suicide The Rights of the Dying: A Companion for Life's Final Moments The Complete Allergy Book

537	On_the_Net@cma.ca · Sur_le_Net@cma.ca    Life in the information highway's fast lane

538	Conferences · Conférences
539	Advertisers' index · Index des annonceurs
539	Prescribing index · Index de l'information sur les ordonnances
555	Classified advertising · Annonces classées
	Writing for CMAJ Écrire pour le JAMC
	ISSN 0820-3946 158 (4) 457-568 (1998)