Le 6 octobre 1998 / October 6, 1998

JAMC 1998; 159(7)

© 1998 Association médicale canadienne / Canadian Medical Association

Communiqué de presse

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Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef Couverture : On s'attend à ce que les futurs médecins apprennent des techniques de communication avec les patients, mais considèrent-ils leurs enseignants cliniques comme des exemples d'humanité (pages 765, 787 et 823)?

751	Nouvelles et analyses ˇ News and analysis Nicotine patch available without prescription Vancouver tPA study thought first of its kind Your Editorial Board: Dr. Martin Schechter Order of St. John turns 900 Psychiatric technique may help time-strapped FPs

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Correspondance ˇ Letters Directives aux correspondants / Instructions to correspondents Statinopathy?, D. Rapoport Thrombolytics for stroke, J.W. Hazlett; response: A.M. Hakim Legal reasoning?, N. La Hovary On evidence-based medicine, A. Boba; F.G. Mills Evaluating unconventional therapies, J. Lunney; C.A. Anderson; T. Hajto, R. Saller; L. Oppel; response: E. Kaegi, M. Schneider No more Band-Aid solutions for rural medicine, M. McCaffrey

	Études ˇ Evidence
765	Clinical teachers as humanistic caregivers and educators: perceptions of senior clerks and second-year residents, C. Beaudoin, B. Maheux, L. Côté, J.E. Des Marchais, P. Jean, L. Berkson [full text / résumé]
771	Notifying patients exposed to blood products associated with Creutzfeldt­Jakob disease: theoretical risk for real people, S.M. King, H. Watson, H. Heurter, M. Ricketts, S. Elsaadany [abstract / résumé]
777	Factors influencing the frequency of visits by hypertensive patients to primary care physicians in Winnipeg, N.P. Roos, K.C. Carrière, D. Friesen [abstract / résumé]

	Éditoriaux ˇ Editorials
787	Physician as humanist: still an educational challenge, V.R. Neufeld [full text]
789	The quandary of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, B. Larke[full text]
795	Primary care visits and health policy, B. Starfield[full text]
797	Why don't family physicians follow clinical practice guidelines for cancer screening?, F. Tudiver, C. Herbert, V. Goel, for the Family Physician Study Group, Sociobehavioral Cancer Research Network, National Cancer Institute of Canada [full text]
801	Unconventional therapies for cancer: A refuge from the rules of evidence?, I.F. Tannock, D.G. Warr [full text]
803	The arrogance of science and the pitfalls of hope, J. Hoey [full text]

	Éducation ˇ Education
807	Prostate cancer: 3. Individual risk factors, R.P. Gallagher, N. Fleshner [full text]
817	Bioethics for clinicians: 16. Dealing with demands for inapropriate treatment, C. Weijer, P.A. Singer, B.M. Dickens, S. Workman [full text / résumé]

	Expérience ˇ Experience
823	"You're the worst goddamn resident I've ever had", R. Patterson [full text]

	Santé publique ˇ Public health
826	Protecting against invasive pneumococcal disease: Be wise — immunize!, S.G. Squires, J.S. Spika [full text]
	Pour protéger contre l'infection invasive à pneumocoques : Soyez prudents — vaccinez!, S.G. Squires, J.S. Spika [texte complet]

	Chroniques ˇ Features
829	Blood recipients and CJD: to notify or not to notify, that is the question, B. Sibbald [full text / en bref]
832	Popularity of breast cancer program leads to referral protocols in BC, H. Kent [full text / en bref]
834	Ontario's kinder, gentler college tries to leave old-boys' image behind, C. Gray
837	Scepticism rampant as health minister addresses CMA meeting, S. Wharry [full text / en bref]
839	Dr. Allon Reddoch: the CMA's new president is a Yukon enthusiast, J. Hoey, B. Sibbald [full text]
840	Solutions prove elusive as Ontario seeks alternatives to FFS in remote areas, M. OReilly

843	Sur_le_Net@cma.ca ˇ On_the_Net@cma.ca    Evidence-based health care and the Internet

	Médicogramme ˇ Pulse
900	The southward flow ebbs slightly / L'exode vers le Sud ralentit légèrement

ISSN 0820-3946 159(7) 741-900 (1998)