le 27 juillet 1999 / July 27, 1999

JAMC 1999; 161(2)

© 1999 Association médicale canadienne / Canadian Medical Association

Communiqué de presse

Sujets d'intérêt

	Mot du rédacteur en chef ˇ Editor's Preface
117	Drug interactions: Who warns the patient? [HTML / PDF]
118	Les interactions médicamenteuses : qui prévient le patient? [HTML / PDF] Couverture : Le syndrome du côlon irritable, dont les malaises peuvent être déclenchés aussi bien par des facteurs psychologiques qu'alimentaires, touche près de 15 % des adultes des pays occidentaux. On présente en page 154 les recommandations d'une conférence de consensus sur le traitement primaire de cette affection.

122	Nouvelles et analyses ˇ News and analysis [HTML / PDF]
	Kidney disease on rise in BC New HIV guidelines Shattering the glass ceiling at medical schools A phobia-fighting Web site Pulse: The changing face of AIDS Military has high hopes after MD pay hike Research Update: New test for nasopharyngeal cancer

126	Correspondance ˇ Letters [HTML / PDF] Directives aux correspondants
	Improving preventive care Quality control in nursing homes Evolving attitudes Educating med students about alternative therapies Canadian Blood Service

	Études ˇ Evidence
132	Cardiovascular and cancer mortality among Canadians of European, south Asian and Chinese origin from 1979 to 1993: an analysis of 1.2 million deaths T. Sheth, C. Nair, M. Nargundkar, S. Anand, S. Yusuf [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
139	Effects of perceived patient demand on prescribing anti-infective drugs E. Miller, L.D. MacKeigan, W. Rosser, J. Marshman [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
143	Prescribing psychotropic medication for elderly patients: some physicians' perspectives N. Damestoy, J. Collin, R. Lalande [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
146	Use of vitamin B12 injections among elderly patients by primary care practitioners in Ontario C.G. van Walraven, C.D. Naylor [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Éditorial ˇ Editorial
152	Understanding the role of ethnicity in chronic disease: a challenge for the new millennium J. O'Loughlin [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Éducation ˇ Education
154	Recommendations for the management of irritable bowel syndrome in family practice W.G. Paterson, W.G. Thompson, S.J. Vanner, T.R. Faloon, W.W. Rosser, R.W. Birtwhistle, J.L. Morse, T.A. Touzel, and the IBS Consensus Conference Participants [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
161	New-onset diabetes mellitus associated with protease inhibitor therapy in an HIV-positive patient: case report and review E.C.C. Lee, S. Walmsley, I.G. Fantus [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
165	Smith­Lemli­Opitz syndrome: a treatable inherited error of metabolism causing mental retardation M.J.M. Nowaczyk, D.T. Whelan, T.W. Heshka, R.E. Hill [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

174	De l'Oreille Gauche ˇ The Left Atrium [HTML / PDF]
	Culture collision (book review by C. Richmond) S. McCutcheon witnesses an end-of-life decision Vincent van Gogh in the asylum at Saint-Rémy

	Sur_le_Net@cma.ca ˇ On_the_Net@cma.ca
180	eCMAJ: evolving at your suggestion A. Bolster [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Chroniques ˇ Features
181	Waiting-list Web site "inaccurate" and "misleading," BC doctors complain H. Kent [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
183	Waiting-list worries cause Calgary MDs to prepare letter for patients S. Lightstone [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
185	With salaries on par with those of secretaries, Czech MDs prepare for strike A. Elash [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
186	Vancouver credit union banks on health care investment H. Kent [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
187	New ethical obligations accompany new HIV drugs, conference told A. Silversides [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

223	Nécrologie ˇ Deaths

	Gens de cœur ˇ Heart and Soul
224	Olympics prepared kayaker for medicine's challenges H. Kent [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

Waiting lists have become controversial in Western Canada. In British Columbia, doctors complain that a waiting-list Web site created by the BC government is inaccurate (page 181). In Calgary, meanwhile, doctors have prepared a letter warning patients about the potential dangers posed by waiting lists (page 183).