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

October 15, 1996 / Le 15 octobre 1996

CMAJ 1996; 155 (8)

Contents / Table des matières

Editor's Page / Page du rédacteur
1031 - Highlights; Tour d'horizon, J. Hoey

1035 - Letters / Correspondance [Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants]

• Always sanitary napkins: further reports and manufacturer response, N.L. Harris; V. Nadon, I. Labrie; P. Hanke-Baier, W.M. Lafranconi, D.P. MacKenzie
• University fee for student health services, M. Taha
• Progress in screening for cervical cancer, E.A. Clarke; G.C.E. Stuart, G.V. Krepart, P. Drouin, M. Paraskevas
• Urgency in the emergency, A. Drummond; J. Eppler; M. Afilalo, S. Cardin, A. Colacone; C.M.B. Fernandes
• Behaviour toward residents innocuous or intolerable?, N.B. Hershfield; S. Kravcik; D.J. Cook, G.H. Guyatt, C.L. Risdon, S.D. Walter, J.F. Liutkus
• New drug to prevent NSAID-related ulcers, G.M. Liss; H. Tannenbaum.
• Hyponatremia and SIADH [correction], B.A. Liu, N. Mittmann, S.R. Knowles, N.H. Shear

Systematic Review / Examen critique systématique
1053 - Management of intermittent claudication with pentoxifylline: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, S.C. Hood, D. Moher, G.G. Barber [abstract / résumé]

Editorial / Éditorial
1063 - The CMA Code of Ethics: more room for reflection, N.P. Kenny [full text / résumé]

Editorial Policy / Politique rédactionnelle
1069 - Program descriptions: information for authors and peer reviewers, P. Huston, T. Elmslie [full text]

1072 - Descriptions de programmes : renseignements à l'intention des auteurs et des évaluateurs, P. Huston, T. Elmslie [texte complet]

Special Article / Article spécial
1075 - Neuroimmune mechanisms in health and disease: 2. Disease, H. Anisman, M.G. Baines, I. Berczi, C.N. Bernstein, M.G. Blennerhassett, R.M. Gorczynski, A.H. Greenberg, F.T. Kisil, R.D. Mathison, E. Nagy, D.M. Nance, M.H. Perdue, D.K. Pomerantz, E.R. Sabbadini, A. Stanisz, R.J. Warrington [abstract / résumé]

Ethical Issues / Éthique et déontologie
1083 - Bioethics for clinicians: 4. Voluntariness, E. Etchells, G. Sharpe, M.J. Dykeman, E.M. Meslin, P.A. Singer [full text / résumé]

From the CCDR / Du RMTC
1087 - Preliminary conjoint statement on oral cholera vaccination
1089 - Déclaration préliminaire conjointe concernant le vaccin oral contre le choléra

1103 - International Digest

• Second-line antirheumatic drugs
• GUSTO-I: Post-hoc analysis
• Predicting infant respiratory distress
• Smoking and coronary artery reopening after AMI
• Famotidine and NSAID-induced ulcers
• Heparin in bedridden nonsurgical patients
• Beta carotene not effective

1105 - Sélection internationale

• La thérapie à l'héparine chez les patients alités
• GUSTO-I : Analyse ultérieure
• Bêta-carotène inefficace
• Prédiction de la détresse respiratoire chez le nouveau-né
• Antirhumatismaux de deuxième ligne
• La famotidine et les ulcères provoqués par les AINS
• Le tabagisme et la réouverture des artères coronariennes après un IAM

Special Supplement / Supplément spécial
1113 - Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis, Scientific Advisory Board, Osteoporosis Society of Canada [full text / résumé]

From the CMA / De l'AMC
1176A - Code of Ethics of the Canadian Medical Association [full text]
1176C - Code de déontologie de l'Association médicale canadienne [texte complet]

1137 - At a Glance / Aperçu

• An unlikely spot for a mammogram
• Workshop on CPGs in November
• Western's mousepad delivers a message
• CMA Travel Centre enjoys increased sales
• AMA publishes waste-disposal guide
• Unity sought for animal-therapy groups
• Membership-card program expands
• Effect of medical school reforms studied
• Good match results for Class of '96

Capital Accounts / Nouvelles de la capitale
1142 - Government cost cutting means expansion opportunities for companies like Liberty Health, C. Gray [in brief / en bref]

Cover Story / En manchette
1148 - Revised Code of Ethics wins CMA approval, J. Rafuse [full text / en bref]

Resources / Ressources
1152 - MDs' failure to use plain language can lead to the courtroom, D. Gordon [full text / en bref]

Viewpoint / Point de vue
1156 - It's time for CMA to put the lid on privatization, C. Carver [in brief / en bref]

Special Reports / Documents
1160 - In back alleys near Vancouver's AIDS conference, the disease was gaining ground, R. Cairney [in brief / en bref]

1166 - As hospitals shrink, consolidate or close, physicians are swept up in the turmoil, N. Baer [full text / en bref]

Education / Éducation
1172 - Mandatory CPR training for students may improve cardiac-arrest survival rate, MDs say, J. Lyttle [in brief / en bref]

Conference / Conférence
1175 - Cost of health benefits becoming major business issue, conference told, A. Silversides [in brief / en bref]

1178 - Deaths * Avis de décès

History / Promenade dans le passé
1180 - Red Cross only positive result of horrifying 1859 bloodbath, J. Brooks [in brief / en bref]

1046 - Conferences / Conférences

1092 - Books and Other Media / Livres et autres documents

• What You Really Need to Know About Cancer: a Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Their Families
• The Complete Breast Book
• The Foundations of Bioethics
• Letters from the White Man's Grave: Pioneering on the Medical Missionary Frontier
• Diabetes Complicating Pregnancy: the Joslin Clinic Method
• Relationships in Chronic Illness and Disability
• A Century of Radiology in Toronto
• ABC of Rheumatology
• Nuclear Medicine: Science and Safety
• Lost Voices: Women, Chronic Pain and Abuse

1110 - Directory of CMA Contacts

1111 - Répertoire des personnes-ressources de l'AMC

1182 - Therapeutic Index / Index thérapeutique

1214 - Service Information / Renseignements aux lecteurs

1215 - Classified Advertising / Annonces classées

1224 - Advertisers' Index / Index des annonceurs