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

Mar. 15, 1996 / Le 15 mars 1996

Contents / Table des matières

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

• Standards, accreditation and proficiency testing in the management of blood and blood products in hospitals, G.H. Growe
• Selling guidelines door to door, G.I. Brock, V. Gurekas; S. Lewis
• Violence sells, H.C. Soltan; P. Huston. Bucking the trend, A. Murray; B.P. Squires
• Sustaining development, J.M. Dubé; R. Woollard
• Future of CMAJ may depend on publishing research, J. Ray; P. Huston
• Wheelchair drivers sidewalk menace?, C.M. Godfrey; R.L. Kirby
• Lyme disease may be uncommon in BC, G.E. Price; E. LeBourdais
• A clinician's experiences on the Internet [correction], J. Doyle

Clinical Practice Guidelines / Guides de pratique clinique
769 - Neonatal circumcision revisited, Fetus and Newborn Committee, Canadian Paediatric Society [full text / Résumé]

Systematic Review / Examen critique systématique
785 - Antenatal psychosocial risk factors associated with adverse postpartum family outcomes, L.M. Wilson, A.J. Reid, D.K. Midmer, A. Biringer, J.C. Carroll, D.E. Stewart [abstract / Résumé]

Health Care Delivery / Prestation des soins de santé
803 - Integrated delivery systems: Has their time come in Canada?, P. Leatt, G.H. Pink, C.D. Naylor [abstract / Résumé]

Advances in Genetics / Progrès en génétique
813 - Legal and ethical issues in genetic testing and counselling for susceptibility to breast, ovarian and colon cancer, B.M. Dickens, N. Pei, K.M. Taylor [abstract / Résumé]

Original Research / Nouveautés en recherche

• 821 - Direct and indirect costs of asthma in Canada, 1990, M.D. Krahn, C. Berka, P. Langlois, A.S. Detsky [full text / Résumé]
• 835 - Reducing demand for physician visits through public education: a look at the pilot cold-and-flu campaign in London, Ontario, E.M. Brown, V. Goel [abstract / Résumé]

Editorial / Éditorial
841 - Understanding the costs of asthma: the next step, K.B. Weiss, S.D. Sullivan [full text / Résumé]

Science in medicine / Science médicale
847 - A measured breath: new techniques in pulmonary imaging and diagnosis, J. Stewart [abstract / Résumé]

Image of the Profession / L'image de la profession

851 - Goya's gratitude; La gratitude de Goya, W.D. Seufert

863 - International Digest

• Psyllium for pediatric hypercholesterolemia
• Mesalamine maintenance therapy for ulcerative colitis
• Azelastine therapy for asthma
• Trandalapril cardiac evaluation (TRACE) study results
• Ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C
• Androgen deprivation in the management of prostatic carcinoma
• Prophylactic nedocromil sodium therapy for childhood asthma
• Low-dose ASA and risk of bleeding peptic ulcer

865 - Sélection internationale

• Le psyllium contre l'hypercholestérolémie infantile
• Traitement d'entretien à la mésalazine contre la rectocolite hémorragique
• L'azélastine comme antiasthmatique
• Résultats de l'étude d'évaluation cardiaque au trandolapril (TRACE)
• Prophylaxie au nedocromil sodique contre l'asthme juvénile
• Thérapie à la ribavirine contre l'hépatite C chronique
• La privation d'androgènes dans le traitement du cancer de la prostate
• AAS à faible dose et risque d'ulcère gastro-duodénal hémorragique

879 - At a Glance / Aperçu

• Surveillance system being tested; Un système de surveillance à l'essai
• If at first you don't succeed...
• Assurances issued about vaccine safety; Assurances au sujet de la sûreté d'un vaccin
• Health care and human rights amnesty focus
• AIS support group established; Création d'un groupe d'entraide sur le SIA
• Almost 1 in 5 men aged 60-64 now claiming disability payouts
• Incomes of US doctors declined in 1994
• Healthy cities theme of World Health Day
• OMA welcomes changes to act

Case File / Dossier juridique
885 - When patient care is shared, who is the most responsible physician?, K. Capen [abstract / Résumé]

Ethics / Éthique
887 - Letter to an ethicist: resuscitative interventions, J. Quinlan, W. Cook [full text / Résumé]

International Medicine / Médecine internationale
889 - In Italy, a medical degree often means unemployment or underemployment, S. Thorne [abstract / Résumé]

Special Report / Document
893 - The lost generation: flood doors open as large numbers of Canadian FPs head south, M. Korcok [abstract / Résumé]

Musings / Matière à réflexion
899 - The ethics of eating a drug-company donut, K. Broznitsky

International Medicine / Médecine internationale
901 - Company finds emerging niche for its global-rescue business, H. Kent [abstract / Résumé]

Hospital Management / Gestion des hôpitaux
903 - Telecare acting as an "electronic grandmother" for New Brunswickers, N. Robb [abstract / Résumé]

Research / Recherche
905 - Canadian patient played key role in uncovering secrets about early-onset Alzheimer's disease, J. Lyttle [abstract / Résumé]

Capital Accounts / Nouvelles de la capitale
909 - David Dingwall: a Cape Breton streetfighter takes the helm at Health Canada, C. Gray [abstract / Résumé]

Environment / Environnement
912 - Clean-air video will interest MDs who treat patients with allergies, respiratory problems, J. Rafuse [abstract / Résumé]

History / Promenade dans le passé
915 - The sad and tragic life of Typhoid Mary, J. Brooks [abstract / Résumé]

Medical Practice / Pratique médicale
919 - MedicAlert Foundation turns 35, issues warning to MDs about lookalike bracelets, S. Wharry [abstract / Résumé]

Diversions / Diversions
921 - Seeing medicine through opera glasses, R. Burford Mason [abstract / Résumé]

Logie Essay / Dissertation Logie
927 - Drawing the line on genetic intervention in humans, D. Kaura [full text / Résumé]

Health Care / Les soins
931 - As number of patients grows, so do critical problems facing MDs who provide dialysis, M. Martin [abstract / Résumé]

935 - Physicians in the news / Quand les médecins font les manchettes

• Neurologist Herbert Henri Jasper awarded the 1995 Albert Einstein Scientific Award
• Dr. Brenda Gallie and team receive award to aid in their genetic research
• Dr. Jacques Des Marchais recognized for outstanding contributions to medical education[English / français]
• Dr. Keith Moore honoured at scientific symposium
• Pediatrician Dr. Ranjit Chandra named to Maclean's 1995 Honour Role
• Dr. Jay Kalra named deputy governor of the Board of Governors for the American Biographical Institute Research Association
• Dr Gilles Beauchamp a été nommé chef du Département de chirurgie de l'hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
• Dr. Diane Watson named president of the Canadian Psychiatric Association
• 4-year award program supporting Canadian medical scientists pursuing research projects in respiratory medicine
• Dr Claude Paré
• Dr. Jock Murray recipient of John B. Neilson Award of Associated Medical Services, Incorporated
• Physicians named to the executive of the Canadian Association of Internes and Residents
• Physicians invested in the Order of Canada
• Dr. Peter A. Adamson first Canadian elected president of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Dr. Joseph Du inducted into the Order of the Buffalo Hunt
• Dr. Barrie Frost named Canadian Institute of Advanced Research's first Max Bell Fellow
• Canadian Society for Clinical Pharmacology award winners

765 - Conferences / Conférences

855 - Books and Other Media / Livres et autres documents

• The personal journal of an ordinary person
• Handbook of pediatric emergencies
• Pain: the gift nobody wants
• Eye emergencies: diagnosis and management
• Encyclopedia of sports medicine, vol. 5: clinical practice of sports injury prevention and care

867 - Continuing Medical Education / Éducation médicale continue

876 - Directory of CMA Contacts

877 - Répertoire des personnes-ressources de l'AMC

938 - Therapeutic Index / Index thérapeutique

980 - Classified Advertising / Annonces classées

992 - Advertisers' Index / Index des annonceurs