le 16 novembre 1999 / November 16, 1999

JAMC 1999; 161(10)

© 1999 Association médicale canadienne / Canadian Medical Association

Communiqué de presse

Sujets d'intérêt

	Mot du rédacteur en chef · Editor's Preface
1221	Médecins Sans Frontières: bearing witness [HTML / PDF]
1223	Médecins Sans Frontières : des témoins [HTML / PDF] Couverture: Dans ce numéro, Veena Guru et ses collaborateurs (page 1251) ainsi que Grant Innes et Karen Wanger, éditorialistes (page 1264), analysent le dilemme impossible où se retrouve souvent le personnel paramédical qu'on appelle sur les lieux d'un arrêt cardiaque qui met fin à une maladie en phase terminale.

1229	Nouvelles et analyses · News and analysis [HTML / PDF]
	Victoria physicians sponsor Chinese students Why are physicians avoiding New Brunswick? Ottawa MD praises "Success by 6" program Pulse: Ontario leads way for tuition fees Interview with Osler biographer goes online Pay more attention to sexual health of young women, MDs told Research Update: Elderly most affected by seasonal variation in deaths due to MI, stroke

1237	Correspondance · Letters [HTML / PDF] Directives aux correspondants
	Irritable bowel syndrome Serum creatinine testing Parsimonious health care Naming an oncology rehabilitation program Teaching contributions of residents Methadone treatment Correction

	Études · Evidence
1245	Violence in the emergency department: a survey of health care workers C.M.B. Fernandes, F. Bouthillette, J.M. Raboud, L. Bullock, C.F. Moore, J.M. Christenson, E. Grafstein, S. Rae, L. Ouellet, C. Gillrie, M. Way [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1251	Response of paramedics to terminally ill patients with cardiac arrest: an ethical dilemma V. Guru, P.R. Verbeek, L.J. Morrison [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1257	Temporal changes in the outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in Ontario, 1992­1996 J.V. Tu, C.D. Naylor, P. Austin [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Éditoriaux · Editorials
1262	Abuse of emergency department workers: An inherent career risk or a barometer of the evolving health care system? L.J. Morrison [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1264	Dignified death or legislated resuscitation? G. Innes, K. Wanger [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1266	Drug­drug interactions: How scared should we be? L.E. Shapiro, N.H. Shear [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Éducation · Education
1271	Tuberculosis: 11. Nosocomial disease K. Schwartzman, D. Menzies [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1281	Drug interactions and the statins R.J. Herman [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1287	Tennis anyone? The lungs as a new court for systemic therapy M.T. Newhouse [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1291	Xenotransplantation: An animal future? L.E. Nicolle [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1292	Radiation techniques for the 21st century B.G. Clark, M.R. McKenzie [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1293	Intraoperative MRI: a moving magnet G.R. Sutherland, D.F. Louw [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1294	Molecular diagnosis of infections in the new millennium N. Press, M. Romney, S. Takaya, B. Conway [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

1297	De l'Oreille Gauche · The Left Atrium [HTML / PDF]
	Realized medicine (book review by A. Walsh) Portraits of a decade by Cees van Gemerden I.A. Cameron's observations on a good death

	Sur_le_Net@cma.ca · On_the_Net@cma.ca
1301	Developing a code of conduct for the Web M. OReilly [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Chroniques · Features
1305	The Chaoulli case: one-tier medicine goes on trial in Quebec S. Pinker [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1307	Task force seeks solutions for "senior squalor" L. Swanson [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1309	Unique health needs of elderly women being ignored, symposium told B. Sibbald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1312	The Yukon takes native health a step further at Whitehorse hospital H. Kent [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

1367	Nécrologie · Deaths

	Gens de cœur · Heart and Soul
1368	Montreal a mecca for patients seeking "gender reassignment" S. Pinker [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

Jacques Chaoulli doesn't look much like a radical. However, Susan Pinker reports that a court case he launched over practice limitations imposed by Quebec's health care legislation could have far-reaching implications (page 1305).