le 8 février 2000 / February 8, 2000

JAMC 2000; 162(3)

© 2000 Association médicale canadienne / Canadian Medical Association

Communiqué de presse

Sujets d'intérêt

	Éditorial · Editorial
309	Klein's surgical strike at medicare [HTML / PDF]
311	Attaque chirurgicale de Klein contre l'assurance-maladie [HTML / PDF] Couverture : Les nourrissons autochtones sont fréquemment attients d'anémie. Dans ce numéro, Noreen Willows et ses collaborateurs font état des résultats d'un protocole utilisé dans le nord du Québec pour dépister l'anémie chez les bébés cris de 9 mois (page 323).

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Correspondance · Letters Directives aux correspondants

Caveat lector: be wary of media reports about excessive Ritalin use in BC C. Dormuth, et al Does premedical education make the grade? D.J. Doyle Putting together the pieces of the physician supply puzzle A.B. Patrick; W.W. Arkinstall; M.A. Baltzan K. Phillips; A.J. Elliott; M. Thomson; J.J.P. Patil Improving management of depression G. Worrall, et al The move away from fee-for-service care B. Dixon-Warren The aftermath of the Swissair crash M. Thornington You say she looks like a tomato, I say she looks like a tomahto F. Budden Assessing quality of care J.O. Sundin; response: N. Hébert-Croteau, et al Time to put the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on trial [Correction]

	Recherche · Research
323	Prevalence of anemia among James Bay Cree infants of northern Quebec N.D. Willows, J. Morel, K. Gray-Donald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
331	Gay and lesbian physicians in training: a qualitative study C. Risdon, D. Cook, D. Willms [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Exposés de recherche · Research letter
339	Use of physical and chemical restraints in medical teaching units J.V. Kow, D.B. Hogan [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Commentaire · Commentary
343	Breast-feeding and anemia: Let's be careful J.C. Godel [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
344	Education of medical students and house staff to prevent hazardous occupational exposure C. Doig [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
346	Equity in health B. Starfield [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Synthèse · Review
351	Tuberculosis: 13. Control of the disease among aboriginal people in Canada J.M. FitzGerald, L. Wang, R.K. Elwood [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
359	Safrole in betel quid may be a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma: case report C.-J. Liu, C.-L. Chen, K.-W. Chang, C.-H. Chu, T.-Y. Liu [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
362	The Internet and evidence-based decision-making: a needed synergy for efficient knowledge management in health care A.R. Jadad, R.B. Haynes, D. Hunt, G.P. Browman [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
369	Septic shock: treating more than just blood pressure I. Mayers, D. Johnson [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
371	The urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori infection: taking the wind out of the sails of endoscopy C.A. Fallone, S.J.O.V. van Zanten, N. Chiba [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

377	De l'Oreille Gauche · The Left Atrium [HTML / PDF]
	Occasional poetics (book review by S. Neilson) A photographic portrait of Scottish rural practice L. Kramer makes a memorable house call

389	Nouvelles et analyses · News and analysis
	Most medical Y2K bugs squashed Coroner accused of overkill New surgery training centre sets big goals Is 79 too old for a heart transplant? Hospital mergers leaving many Ottawa doctors riled Quebec microbiologist makes his stamp Loophole closure outrages generic drug companies Yes, but did the operation make a difference? Earthquake team finally gets nod to go overseas MD tickled by eagle feather Medicine's human side exposed by Dal's poet-in-residence Candy killed after complaints from mentally disabled Americans On the Net / Sur le Net: MD recruiting goes online Pediatric subspecialists in short supply in BC Pulse: Drug costs surpass spending on physicians Transport Canada to determine if new in-car devices affect safety Research Update: A tale of 2 epidemics: link discovered between smallpox and HIV resistance Questioning the association between HRT and prevention of CVD Diabetes-associated fat disorder traced to genetic mutation Briefly Gene therapy hits a snag Persistence of memory
409	Will it be third time lucky for Ralph Klein? R. Cairney [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
411	Alberta is back at it, goading the feds C. Gray [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

475	Nécrologie · Deaths

	Gens de cœur · Heart and Soul
476	Medicine and chiropractic are partners in Ontario office L. Swanson [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

After physicians in Edmonton performed a heart transplant on a 79-year-old man, Richard Cairney sought responses from Canadian ethicists. The man is thought to be the oldest patient ever to receive the operation – in Canada or elsewhere (p. 390).