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

Sept. 15, 1995 / Le 15 septembre 1995

Contents / Table des matières

739 - Letters / Correspondance

• Physician-assisted death: the wrong issue, F.D. MacKay
• Murder-suicide a crisis, not an ethical issue, S. Workman
• Integrating communication skills in medical education, H. Barkun
• Rickets still affects Canadian children, J.C. Haworth
• L'aluminium est-il en cause dans la maladie d'Alzheimer?, M. Truchet
• Pain management now part of standards for care in cancer centres, M.C. Colton; N. Hagen, J. Young, N. MacDonald
• No purpose to spanking infants or charging parents, B. Williams
• Suggestions for new international editors' network, H.E. Emson; J.V. Frei; B.P. Squires

755 - Importance of and satisfaction with work and professional interpersonal issues: a survey of physicians practising general internal medicine in Ontario, D.J. Cook, L.E. Griffith, D.L. Sackett [abstract / résumé]

769 - Physicians' beliefs and behaviour during a randomized controlled trial of episiotomy: consequences for women in their care, M.C. Klein, J. Kaczorowski, J.M. Robbins, R.J. Gauthier, S.H. Jorgensen, A.K. Joshi [abstract / résumé]

783 - Editorial / Éditorial
Unbiased research and the human spirit: the challenges of randomized controlled trials, K.F. Schulz [full text / résumé]

793 - Clinical Digest

• Growth factor therapy for leg ulcers in patients with diabetes mellitus
• Vaccine storage in physicians' offices
• Cerebrovascular ischemia after recent infection

795 - Sélection d'articles cliniques

• Thérapie au facteur de croissance contre les ulcères aux jambes chez les sujets atteints de diabète sucré
• Le stockage des vaccins dans les cabinets de médecins
• L'ischémie cérébrovasculaire après une infection récente

801 - Annual Meeting / Assemblée générale annuelle
Private health care dominates annual meeting as CMA decides to launch national debate on issue, P. Sullivan [full text / résumé]

805 - Cover Story / En manchette
Laboratory medicine needs higher profile with medical students, MDs, pathologists say, P. Harrison [abstract / résumé]

811 - Special Report / Document
Failure to perform autopsies means some MDs "walking in a fog of misplaced optimism", F. Lowry [abstract / résumé]

815 - Musings / Matière à refléxion
State of the art, W. Young [full text]

819 - Capital Accounts / Nouvelles de la capitale
Jane Fulton: Cat among the pigeons?, C. Gray [abstract / résumé]

822 - Meetings / Rencontres
Activists decry physician disinterest in Lyme disease during Vancouver conference, E. LeBourdais [abstract / résumé]

825 - Tribute / Hommage
October induction ceremony will coincide with official opening of Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, J. Rafuse [full text / résumé]

827 - Meetings / Rencontres
Role of private insurance in public system source of debate at CHEPA conference, A. Silversides [full text / résumé]

744 - Conferences / Conférences

788 - Books and Other Media / Livres et autres documents

• Outcomes into Clinical Practice
• Cancer Prevention in Primary Care [full text]
• Canadian Medical Association Complete Guide to Medical Symptoms [full text]
• Easy for You to Say: Questions and Answers for Teens Living with Chronic Illness or Disability
• Nutrition and Hydration in Hospice Care: Needs, Strategies, Ethics
• So You Broke Your Arm (videocassette)

798 - Répertoire des services de l'AMC

828 - Therapeutic Index / Index thérapeutique

853 - Service Information / Renseignements aux lecteurs

854 - Classified Advertising / Annonces classées

868 - Advertisers' Index / Index des annonceurs