Canadian Medical Association Journal / Journal de l'Association médicale canadienne

Dec. 1, 1995 / Le 1er decembre 1995

Contents / Table des matières

1567 - Letters / Correspondance

• Anesthetists taking drugs: Is overwork the cause?, R.C. Nauth-Misir
• To whom it may concern, R.T. Paasuke
• Lies and professionalism, M.B. Abdurrahman
• Effect of unemployment on health: acknowledgement, R.L. Jin
• Did continuous quality improvement lead to lower episiotomy rate?, G.F. Fellows; J.L. Reynolds
• Refusal to police breast-feeding, M.B. Abdurrahman; C. Levitt
• Books expose unconventional medicine, D.T. Janigan
• Acknowledging the weather-health link, J.L. Bart
• Ontario's health-information service a province-wide resource for patients, H. Koba

Guidelines Workshop / Atelier sur le guide pratique
1575 - Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines, A.S.H. Basinski [full text / résumé]

Medicolegal Issues / Questions médico-juridiques
1585 - Could changes in the wheelchair delivery system improve safety?, R.L. Kirby, S.G. Coughlan, M. Christie [abstract / résumé]

Original Research / Nouveautés en recherche
1595 - Requirements for admission to medical school: How many years of university study are necessary?, P.M. Crockford, D.M. Gupta, M.G.A. Grace [abstract / résumé]
1605 - Voluntary anonymous linked study of the prevalence of HIV infection and hepatitis C among inmates in a Canadian federal penitentiary for women, P.M. Ford, C. White, H. Kaufmann, J. MacTavish, M. Pearson, S. Ford, P. Sankar-Mistry, P. Connop [abstract / résumé]

Editorial / Éditorial
1613 - HIV: evolution of a pandemic, C. Hankins [full text / résumé]

The Research File / Le dossier de la recherche
1619 - Activity reduces the cost of heart disease
1620 - L'activité physique réduit le coût des maladies du coeur

1631 - At a Glance / Aperçu

• Canada's medicare debate moves to UK
• Who's "rapid-reaction" team to offer first-line prevention
• Medical-school graduation delayed for 12% in 1995
• Regionalization trend in Manitoba
• IVF success linked to hormone levels
• Right-to-life group on Internet
• Summary of heart surveys available
• Poster, tv sports target SIDS
• Fraiser Crane not only MD on the airwaves
• Class-action suit targets tobacco companies

Perspectives / Optique
1633 - Texas beckons, L. Sears Williams [abstract / résumé]

Computers / Informatique
1636 - Computers a cornerstone of evidence-based care, conference told, F. Lowry [full text / résumé]

Education / Éducation
1640 - PEI program gives medical students look at "real world" of medicine, S. Wharry [full text / résumé]

Ethics / Éthique
1641 - Consensus finally achieved on resuscitative interventions, J. Williams [full text / résumé]

Association News / À l'écoute de l'AMC
1643 - Future of health care system tops agenda as CMA Board of Directors meets, P. Sullivan [full text / résumé]

Diversions / Diversions
1645 - Making music, B. Loosmore [abstract / résumé]

Issues and Innovations / Dossiers chauds et innovations
1647 - Canadians pay for harsh economic policies with their health, physicians warn, M. OReilly [abstract / résumé]

Vista / Panorama
1650 - The good old days, D. Waugh

Trends / Tendances
1651 - US report on violence in the medical workplace may hold lessons for Canadian MDs, D. Grant [abstract / résumé]

CMA Policy Summary / Sommaire de politique de l'AMC
1652A - Joint statement on resuscitative interventions (update 1995)
1652D - Déclaration conjointe sur la réanimation (mise à jour 1995)

History / Promenade dans le passé
1653 - At one time, operations outside the hospital were not uncommon, H. Morton

1570 - Conferences / Conférences

1622 - Continuing Medical Education / Éducation médicale continue

1629 - Service Information / Renseignements aux lecteurs

1655 - Therapeutic Index / Index thérapeutique

1680 - Classified Advertising / Annonces classées

1696 - Advertisers' Index / Index des annonceurs