Canadian Medical Association Journal / Journal de l'Association médicale canadienne January 15, 1997 / Le 15 janvier 1997 CMAJ 1997; 156 (2) © 1997 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

Contents / Table des matières

149 - Editor's preface 151 - Mot du rédacteur en chef

155 - News and analysis / Nouvelles et analyses CMA sets rules for sale of prescribing data Breach of confidentiality angers Ontario MDs Truer words were never written Manitoba MDs issue problem-gambling warning Frequent-visitor status for 13% of Canadians More Canadian MDs head south for training Necessity the mother of invention Hewett named president, CEO of MD Management Hold the Bair hugs Don't use medical excuses to escape breathalyser, MDs warn Essay contest entries invited Degree program in Ayurveda Research update: Stopping stroke

17 - Letters / Correspondance [Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants] Those MCC examination blues A message for Mr. Rose Canadian infant mortality: 1994 update Beware the curriculum reform troops Calgary curriculum on gay and lesbian issues Curing and killing Death of an Asian immigrant Deaths [correction]

Evidence / Études 169 - Spirometry utilization in Ontario: practice patterns and policy implications, B. Chan, G. Anderson, R.E. Dales [abstract / résumé] 177 - Deciding about mechanical ventilation in end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: how respirologists perceive their role, P.D. McNeely, P.C. Hébert, R.E. Dales, A.M. O'Connor, G. Wells, D. McKim, K.E. Sullivan [abstract / résumé] 187 - The effect of tobacco tax cuts on cigarette smoking in Canada, V.H. Hamilton, C. Levinton, Y. St-Pierre, F. Grimard [full text / résumé] 193 - Randomization in the Canadian National Breast Screening Study: a formal review for evidence of subversion, J.C. Bailar III, B. MacMahon [full text / résumé]

Editorials / Éditoriaux 202 - Spirometric testing: How much is enough?, N.R. Anthonisen [abstract / résumé] 205 - Taxes and the tobacco wars, L.W Green [full text / résumé] 207 - The review of randomization in the Canadian National Breast Screening Study: Is the debate over?, N.F. Boyd [full text / résumé] 213 - The review of randomization in the Canadian National Breast Screening Study: What does the verdict mean for clinicians?, H. Bryant [full text / résumé]

Education / Éducation 225 - Bioethics for clinicians: 7. Truth telling, P.C. Hébert, B. Hoffmaster, K.C. Glass, P.A. Singer [full text / résumé] 219 - Teaching medical students to lie -- the disturbing contradiction: medical ideals and the resident-selection process, T.A. Young [full text / en bref]

Experience / Expérience 229 - Learning from Amy: A remarkable patient provokes anguished debate about rationality, autonomy and the right to die, S. Cameron

Public health / Santé publique 233 - HIV postexposure prophylaxis: new recommendations, D.M. Patrick [full text] 234 - Prophylaxie consécutive à une exposition au VIH : nouvelles recommandations, D. Patrick [texte complet]

Features / Chroniques 237 - Tobacco wars: the bloody battle between good health and good politics, C. Gray [full text / en bref] 241 - Right to bill may affect amount of tobacco counselling by MDs, P. Sullivan, A. Kothari [in brief / en bref] 244 - Canada a country of two solitudes when smoking rates among anglophones, francophones compared, S. Wharry [full text / en bref] 248 - Kit helps physicians, women work together to weigh HRT risks, benefits, A. Robinson [full text / en bref] 251 - Fraud worries insurance companies but should concern physicians too, industry says N. Baer [in brief / en bref] 257 - Is informed consent possible in the rapidly evolving world of DNA sampling?, J. Lyttle

327 - Deaths / Nécrologie

Pulse / Médicogramme 328 - Gradual decrease in MD workload / La charge de travail des médecins

240A - CMA Policy Summary