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

May 15, 1996 / Le 15 mai 1996

Contents / Table des matières

1467 - Letters / Correspondance [Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants]

• Unemployment: Cause or effect?, B.E. Driedger; R.L. Jin, C.P. Shah, T.J. Svoboda
• Project on role of allied health care professions needs online input, S. Houghton
• Fax facts, R.T.S. Frankford; K. Capen
• Regulated analgesics and pain control, N.A. Hagen, P. Flynne, N. Macdonald; J.F. Anderson; A.J. Clark, M.C. Lynch, K.C. Chisholm, I.G. Beauprie; B. Goldman; R.D. Jovey; W.P. Hrudey, J.F. Anderson, K.L. McEwan
• Guidelines for control of measles outbreaks in Canada (Revised 1995) [correction]
• Directives pour la lutte contre les épidémies de rougeole au Canada (Révision 1995) [correction]

Special Article / Article spécial
1483 - The effect of health care reform on academic medicine in Canada, C.H. Hollenberg, for the Editorial Committee of the Canadian Institute for Academic Medicine [abstract / résumé]

Preventive Medicine / Médecine préventive
1493 - Prevention. How much harm? How much benefit?
1. Influence of reporting methods on perception of benefits, K.G. Marshall [abstract / résumé]

Original Research / Nouveautés en recherche
1501 - Cost of allogeneic and autologous blood transfusion in Canada, R. Tretiak, A. Laupacis, M. Rivière, K. McKerracher, E. Souêtre, and the Canadian Cost of Transfusion Study Group [abstract / résumé]

Editorial / Éditorial
1510 - Preventive therapies: weighing the pros and cons, A. Laupacis [abstract / résumé]

Science in Medicine / Science médicale
1513 - Signposts to therapy: recent advances in inflammatory bowel disease research, J. Hamilton [abstract / résumé]

From the CCDR / Du RMTC

• 1519 - Anaphylaxis: statement on initial management in nonhospital settings
• 1521 - Anaphylaxie : déclaration sur le traitement initial en milieu - - non hospitalier

Image of the Profession / L'image de la profession
1523 - Dr. Gachet; Le Dr Gachet

1533 - International Digest

• Long-term survival after coronary bypass surgery with internal-thoracic-artery grafts
• Prevention of coronary artery disease in men with hypercholesterolemia
• Early control of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis
• Lowering LDL cholesterol levels to offset effects of elevated lipoprotein(a) levels
• Improving asthma control with fluticasone propionate therapy
• Screening patients with dyspepsia to avoid unnecessary endoscopy
• Epidural versus intravenous analgesia during labour

1535 - Sélection internationale

• Dépistage des patients atteints de dyspepsie pour éviter les endoscopies inutiles
• Amélioration du contrôle de l'asthme par une thérapie au propionate de fluticasone
• Survie de longue durée après pontage aortocoronarien avec greffe de l'artère thoracique interne
• Prévention de la coronaropathie chez les hommes atteints d'hypercholestérolémie
• Analgésie péridurale et analgésie intraveineuse au cours du travail
• Contrôle rapide du saignement des voies gastro-intestinales supérieures dans des cas de cirrhose
• Réduction des taux de cholestérol LDL pour contrer les effets de taux élevés de lipoprotéine(a)

1541 - At a Glance / Aperçu

• Fulton's comments anger Alberta's physicians
• Psychiatrists happy with end of Ontario strike
• Deadline approaches for CMAJ contest for medical students
• CMA seeks amendments to federal drug bill
• Pharmacists told to prove added value
• Depression hot line opens in Ontario
• May 31 marks No-Tobacco Day
• Do old men have bigger ears?

Health Care / Les soins
1543 - Plans to run private facility in public hospital draw some strong opposition in Alberta, R. Cairney [in brief / en bref]

Reflections / Réflexions
1545 - Twelve weeks of coronary artery disease, P. Fedak [in brief / en bref]

Letter from London / Lettre de Londres
1547 - Fighting the odds in the UK, C. Richmond [in brief / en bref]

Capital Accounts / Nouvelles de la capitale
1549 - Debate over NAFTA's effect on health care a sign medicare will be dominant election issue, C. Gray [full text / en bref]

Meetings / Rencontres
1553 - New college data may shed light on issue of sexual abuse by physicians, C. Johnston [in brief / en bref]

Association News / À l'écoute de l'AMC
1557 - Business leaders begin to rally in support of public health care system, S. Wharry [full text / en bref]

Cover Story / En manchette

• 1559 - FPs can play important role in treatment of infertile patients, counsellors say, E. Michaels [full text / en bref]
• Physicians treating infertile couples must balance high tech and humanity [sidebar]

Multicultural Medicine / La médecine en contexte multiculturel
1563 - Study of new mothers looks at language and cultural barriers facing immigrant women, L. Sears Williams [in brief / en bref]

Children's Health / Santé des enfants et des adolescents
1567 - Catch-up immunization programs will eliminate measles threat for most schoolchildren, J. Rafuse [in brief / en bref]

Health Care / Les soins
1569 - Breast-feeding still faces many roadblocks, national survey finds, P. Sullivan [in brief / en bref]

1571 - People / Les gens

1572 - Deaths / Avis de décès

1481 - Conferences / Conférences

1527 - Books and Other Media / Livres et autres documents

• The Gist of Emergency Medicine
• Ask the Doctor: Hypertension
• How To Do It, Vol. 3: Writing/Publishing and Pubicity/Something Different
• Statistics in Clinical Practice Hamilton's Doctors 1863-1935: Guardians of the City's Health
• Back Pain in the Workplace: Management of Disability in Nonspecific Conditions
• Heart Failure: Management Issues in Primary Care

1539 - Directory of CMA Contacts

1540 - Répertoire des personnes-ressources de l'AMC

1574 - Therapeutic Index / Index thérapeutique

1594 - Service Information / Renseignements aux lecteurs

1595 - Classified Advertising / Annonces classées

1608 - Advertisers' Index / Index des annonceurs