le 21 septembre 1999 / September 21, 1999

JAMC 1999; 161(6)

© 1999 Association médicale canadienne / Canadian Medical Association

Communiqué de presse

Sujets d'intérêt

669 671

Editor's preface [HTML / PDF] Mot du rédacteur en chef [HTML / PDF] Cover: Pour les jeunes de la rue, le risque est grand d'éprouver de nombreux problèmes de santé. Élise Roy et ses collaborateurs présentent un rapport sur la prévalence de l'infection par le virus de l'hépatite B chez les jeunes itinérants de Montréal, et examinent leurs comportements à risque (page 689).

677	Nouvelles et analyses · News and analysis [HTML / PDF]
	Ban on bovine growth hormones Hepatitis outbreak in UK Psychiatry via televideo A new test for a superbug Pulse: Slight change in MD:population ratio Forced heart transplant Research Update: Smoking in pregnancy Bacterial infections can cause early miscarriage A drink a day keeps mortality at bay in older-onset diabetes Forecasting fever

685	Correspondance · Letters [HTML / PDF] Instructions to correspondents
	Defining passive euthanasia Marketing guidelines Unconventional therapies and cancer Medical fitness to drive Prostate exam technique

	Études · Evidence
689	Hepatitis B virus infection among street youths in Montreal É. Roy, N. Haley, N. Lemire, J.-F. Boivin, P. Leclerc, J. Vincelette [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
695	Hormone replacement therapy: a survey of Ontario physicians' prescribing practices L. Elinson, M.M. Cohen, T. Elmslie [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
699	Trends in the prevalence and treatment of hypertension in Halifax County from 1985 to 1995 H.K. Wolf, P. Andreou, I.R. Bata, D.G. Comeau, R.D. Gregor, G. Kephart, D.R. MacLean, I. Sketris [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Exposé de recherche · Research Letter
708	Attitudes of Canadian women toward birthing centres and midwife care for childbirth S.W. Wen, L.S. Mery, M.S. Kramer, V. Jimenez, K. Trouton, P. Herbert, B. Chalmers [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Éditoriaux · Editorials
713	The treatment of hypertension in Canada: Are we making progress? F.A. McAlister [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
715	Might you be the next Editorial Fellow? E. Weir, J. Hoey [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Éducation · Education
717	Tuberculosis: 10. Prevention D. Menzies, T.N. Tannenbaum, J.M. FitzGerald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
725	Effectiveness of the Quick Medical Reference as a diagnostic tool J.B. Lemaire, J.P. Schaefer, L.A. Martin, P. Faris, M.D. Ainslie, R.D. Hull [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
729	An interdisciplinary approach to a day-long palliative care course for undergraduate students E.J. Latimer, A. Deakin, C. Ingram, L. O'Brien, M. Smoke, L. Wishart [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

732	De l'Oreille Gauche · The Left Atrium [HTML / PDF]
	Blood, sweat and tears (book review by B. Cooper) P. Rockman on the aftermath of an air disaster V. Hanlon's photographic method in the ER

	Sur_le_Net@cma.ca · On_the_Net@cma.ca
736	It's wise to immunize, regardless of what the Web says B. Sibbald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Chroniques · Features
737	Physicians may have to "sell" benefits of immunization to sceptical parents S. Pinker [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
739	Polish health care morphs into new system at breakneck speed C. Gray [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
741	CMPA "amazed" as number of new legal actions against MDs declines in '98 P. Sullivan [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
742	Health Canada leery as US "nutraceutical" movement prepares to move north B. Sibbald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
743	Swissair disaster taught medical examiners a lesson in logistical challenges D. Grant [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

775	Deaths · Nécrologie

	Gens de cœur · Heart and Soul
776	Cutting-edge musician enters the OR H. Kent [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

After interviewing physicians and sceptical parents in the Montreal area, Susan Pinker discovered that Canadian doctors may have to do a sales job on the benefits of immunization. For a variety of reasons, many parents are refusing to have it done (see page 737).