le 6 avril 1999 / April 6, 1999

JAMC 1999; 160(7)

© 1999 Association médicale canadienne / Canadian Medical Association

Communiqué de presse

Sujets d'intérêt

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Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef Couverture : On a souvent recours au prélèvement de sang autologue avant une chirurgie élective, afin de minimiser l'exposition aux transfusions allogéniques. Dans ce numéro, on jette un éclairage sur la perception et l'expérience qu'ont les patients du don de sang autologue (page 989) et sur la façon dont ce dernier peut influencer les décisions quant aux transfusions (page 997).

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Nouvelles et analyses ˇ News and analysis US antiabortion pamphlet stirs anger north of border Be careful who you marry, female physicians warned Bar codes could track the official flu of the 2002 Winter Olympics Cool sites Ugandan health centre awarded subscriptions Pulse: Canada's tipplers cutting back New money injected into bone marrow registry

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Correspondance ˇ Letters Directives aux correspondants / Instructions to correspondents Guidelines – not always an easy answer T. Vandor; J. Goertzen; response: R. Gallagher, N. Fleshner; F. Tudiver, et al Which curriculum? T. Ungar Antimotility agents and E. coli infection, P.I. Tarr, D.L. Christie The language of suicide G. O'Reilly Urology: An unfairly neglected discipline of medical training K.L. Driver Meta-analysis and adverse drug reactions N. Mittmann, et al Privacy policy L. Cellini

	Études ˇ Evidence
989	Autologous versus allogeneic transfusion: patients' perceptions and experiences I.D. Graham, D. Fergusson, H. Dokainish, J. Biggs, L. McAuley, A. Laupacis [full text / abstract]
997	Transfusion practices among patients who did and did not predonate autologous blood before elective cardiac surgery J.-Y. Dupuis, B. Bart, G. Bryson, J. Robblee [full text / abstract]
1007	Physical abuse during pregnancy: prevalence and risk factors N. Muhajarine, C. D'Arcy [full text / abstract]
1013	Method of physician remuneration and rates of antibiotic prescription J.M. Hutchinson, R.N. Foley [full text / abstract]

	Exposés de recherche ˇ Research letters
1021	Drug access among homeless men in Toronto S.W. Hwang, J.L. Gottlieb [full text]

	Éditoriaux ˇ Editorials
1022	Physical abuse during pregnancy: a significant threat to maternal and child health H.L. MacMillan [full text]
1023	Can the health care system buy better antibiotic prescribing behaviour? M.A.H. Levine, A. Pradhan [full text]

	Éducation ˇ Education
1025	Tuberculosis: 2. History of the disease in Canada S. Grzybowski, E.A. Allen [full text in HTML / full text in PDF]
1029	Challenges of prescribing low-dose drug therapy for older people P.A. Rochon, J.P. Clark, J.H. Gurwitz [full text]

1035	De l'Oreille Gauche ˇ The Left Atrium The balance of healing The sad ballad of the ICU Metamorphoses Purging Stillborn

	Sur_le_Net@cma.ca ˇ On_the_Net@cma.ca
1039	Is Internet-based disease management on the way?, M. OReilly

	Chroniques ˇ Features
1041	Physician managers warned of media's growing power P. Sullivan [full text]
1042	Canada has its first female dean – 170 years after first medical school opened N. Robb [full text]
1043	Customers lining up for high-cost hyperbaric therapy H. Kent
1045	Frozen in time: life in the face of chronic care cutbacks K. Cook [full text / in brief]
1048	Link between HIV risk and other STDs debated at forum A. Silversides [full text]

	Gens de cœur ˇ Heart and Soul
1108	A tip of the cap for a McGill prof S. Pinker [full text]