le 7 septembre 1999 / September 7, 1999

JAMC 1999; 161(5)

© 1999 Association médicale canadienne / Canadian Medical Association

Communiqué de presse

Sujets d'intérêt

	Mot du rédacteur en chef ˇ Editor's Preface
469	The bean counters and the residents [HTML / PDF]
471	Les gratte-papier et les résidents [HTML / PDF] Couverture: Dans ce numéro, Colleen Maxwell et ses collaborateurs signalent que les personnes âgées qui prennent des inhibiteurs calciques sont beaucoup plus vulnérables à une diminution de la cognition que celles qui prennent d'autres anti-hypertenseurs (page 501). L'éditorialiste Henry Dinsdale présente un commentaire (page 534).

477	Nouvelles et analyses ˇ News and analysis [HTML / PDF]
	Free rent from MDs keeps lab open Prescription soap? CMAJ's new fellowship editor Tuition battle at U of T Pulse: Tuition fees and medical residents Research Update: Bacterial toxin kills brain cancer

485	Correspondance ˇ Letters [HTML / PDF] Directives aux correspondants
	Alternative funding plans Radiofrequency radiation Imaging errors Dialysis patients with TB Correction

	Études ˇ Evidence
493	Anticoagulant prophylaxis against stroke in atrial fibrillation: effectiveness in actual practice J.J. Caro, K.M. Flegel, M.-E. Orejuela, H.E. Kelley, J.L. Speckman, K. Migliaccio-Walle [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
501	Calcium-channel blockers and cognitive function in elderly people: results from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging C.J. Maxwell, D.B. Hogan, E.M. Ebly [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
511	Nutrition survey in an elderly population following admission to a tertiary care hospital N. Azad, J. Murphy, S.S. Amos, J. Toppan [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
519	Practice guidelines for clinical prevention: Do patients, physicians and experts share common ground? M.-D. Beaulieu, É. Hudon, D. Roberge, R. Pineault, D. Forté, J. Légaré [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Éditoriaux ˇ Editorials
527	When hospital files get in media hands J.F. Farrell, E. Denham, G. Flynn [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
528	Prisoners of ritual R.B. Goldbloom [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
529	When journals are branded, editors get burnt: the ousting of Jerome Kassirer from the New England Journal of Medicine J. Hoey [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
533	Preventing stroke in atrial fibrillation: Why are so many eligible patients not receiving anticoagulant therapy? S.J. Connolly [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
534	Searching for a link between calcium-channel blockers and cognitive function H.B. Dinsdale [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Éducation ˇ Education
539	Why not private health insurance? 1. Insurance made easy R. Deber, A. Gildiner, P. Baranek [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
545	Why not private health insurance? 2. Actuarial principles meet provider dreams R. Deber, A. Gildiner, P. Baranek [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

551	De l'Oreille Gauche ˇ The Left Atrium [HTML / PDF]
	Starved for understanding (book review by G. Beck) R. Springate argues the point about disability A radical response to breast cancer in the art of Cynthia Cox

	Sur_le_Net@cma.ca ˇ On_the_Net@cma.ca
557	Get ready for online sales of prescription drugs M. OReilly [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Chroniques ˇ Features
561	Concerns about size of MD workforce, medicine's future dominate CMA annual meeting P. Sullivan [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
565	SOGC sounds ALARM on legal pitfalls facing ob/gyns B. Sibbald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
569	New Zealand embraces a parallel private system — and a growing gap between rich and poor H. Kent [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
575	When women came to Queen's J. Cataudella [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
579	BC college works to change attitudes, attract physicians to methadone treatment A. Mullens [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
583	New group sets sights on herbal medicine B. Sibbald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
584	Breast cancer conference marred by questionable presentations, critics charge B. Sibbald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
586	Taxpayers ante up — without griping — in drive to make London a health care capital L. Swanson [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
589	Doctors — of all ages — should be wary of bankruptcy S. Lightstone [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

663	Nécrologie ˇ Deaths

	Gens de cœur ˇ Heart and Soul
664	Setting sail for the interior N. Robb [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]