le 8 août 2000 / August 8, 2000

JAMC 2000; 163(3)

Highlights of this issue Couverture: Dans ce numéro, Susan Kirkland et ses collaborateurs présentent un rapport sur le tabagisme chez les femmes de la Nouvelle-Écosse pendant la grossesse (page 281). Shahul Ebrahim et ses collaborateurs indiquent que les cliniciens ont un rôle important à jouer dans la réduction du tabagisme chez les femmes (page 288). (Graphic courtesy of Hugh Malcolm)

	Éditorial • Editorial
253	A central theme of the Beijing +5 conference [HTML / PDF]
255	Thème central de la conférence Beijing +5 [HTML / PDF]

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Correspondance • Letters [PDF] Directives aux correspondants Training aboriginal health care workers M. King, A.M. Hodes Hepatitis B and medical students R. Colistro Antismoking documents now available on Web site A. Hazlewood Licensing international medical graduates T.B. MacLachlan; response: R. Andrew, J. Bates Emergency contraception M. Cole Oldest at graduation R. Sender; J.B. Hunter Not fade away W.M. Brummitt St. John's wort and schizophrenia S. Lal, H. Iskandar

	Recherche • Research
265	Canadian normative data for the SF-36 health survey W.M. Hopman, T. Towheed, T. Anastassiades, A. Tenenhouse, S. Poliquin, C. Berger, L. Joseph, J.P. Brown, T.M. Murray, J.D. Adachi, D.A. Hanley, E. Papadimitropoulos, and the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study Research Group [HTML / PDF]
273	Why are antibiotics prescribed for asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized elderly people? A qualitative study of physicians' and nurses' perceptions S. Walker, A. McGeer, A.E. Simor, M. Armstrong-Evans, M. Loeb [HTML / PDF]
	Exposé de recherche • Research Letter
281	The natural history of smoking during pregnancy among women in Nova Scotia S.A. Kirkland, L.A. Dodds, G. Brosky [HTML / PDF]

	Commentaire • Commentary
283	The Canadian SF-36 health survey: Normative data add to its value S. Wood-Dauphinee [HTML / PDF]
285	Asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized elderly people: evidence and practice L.E. Nicolle [HTML / PDF]
287	One solution to providing clinical coverage for pediatric inpatients R.B. Goldbloom [HTML / PDF]
288	Smoking and women's health: opportunities to reduce the burden of smoking during pregnancy S.H. Ebrahim, R.K. Merritt, R.L. Floyd [HTML / PDF]

	Synthèse • Review
293	Choosing a first-line drug in the management of elevated blood pressure: What is the evidence? 3: Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors J.M. Wright [HTML / PDF]
298	Providing after-hours on-call clinical coverage in academic health sciences centres: the Hospital for Sick Children experience J. Friedman, R.M. Laxer [HTML / PDF]
301	The role of DNA amplification technology in the diagnosis of infectious diseases M. Louie, L. Louie, A.E. Simor [HTML / PDF]

313	De l'Oreille Gauche • The Left Atrium [HTML / PDF]
	An old idea repackaged (book review by P.S. Links) From a Kosovo diary One thousand words

319	Nouvelles et analyses • News and analysis [PDF]
	More Canadians need dialysis Canada's only human milk bank may close Three NB MDs in race to head CMA in 2002 McMaster Night at Canada's Medical Hall of Fame New Brunswick med students off to Newfoundland No tuition fees for U of T residents Manitoba pharmacists get conscience clause Playing chicken with group A streptococcal infection Newfoundland and Labrador: it's all in the genes Rate of HIV infection on rise among Ontario's gay men On the Net: Are more online conferences on the way? Letter from Durban Pulse: Number of health care workers lags behind population growth Netherlands set to legalize long-tolerated euthanasia MRI used to detect vCJD Bioflavonoids linked to childhood leukemia Potential sperm donors should be tested for HPV Brave new world of e-medicine confronts all MDs, incoming president says Clinical Update: Inhaled corticosteroids and COPD ACE inhibitors and high-risk patients Public Health: Wife assault in Canada

375	Nécrologie • Deaths

	Gens de cœur • Heart & Soul
376	Retirement's a four-letter word for Manitoba MD D. Square [HTML / PDF]

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