Canadian Medical Association Journal / Journal de l'Association médicale canadienne February 1, 1997 / Le 1er février 1997 CMAJ 1997; 156 (3) © 1997 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

Contents / Table des matières

333 - Editor's preface 335 - Mot du rédacteur en chef

339 - News and analysis / Nouvelles et analyses Clinic swamped as dozens line up awaiting new FP Detroit MDs make "humanitarian gesture" to Ontario moms Hockey helmets work if you wear them Attempts to identify culprits may not be in "vein" Program at Toronto hospital focuses on gay-bashing victims Private-insurance coverage on the rise MR certification introduced in Canada Medical charity welcomes support Catching a culprit in the act

343 - Letters / Correspondance [Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants] Letter from the President Message de la présidente Physician distribution: everybody's responsibility Repressed memories: Middle ground no man's land? In praise of commonplace conferences The tobacco tragedy in Northern Canada U of Manitoba program delivers care to natives, hope to aboriginal students [correction]

Evidence / Études 351 - Enforcement of codes governing pharmaceutical promotion: What happens when companies breach advertising guidelines?, J. Lexchin [abstract / résumé]

Editorials / Éditoriaux 359 - Regulating pharmaceutical advertising: What will work?, M.F. Shapiro [abstract / résumé] 363 - The PMAC Code of Marketing Practices: Time for improvement?, J.G. Desjardins [abstract / résumé] 365 - Demonstrating social accountability in medical education, B. Hennen [abstract / résumé]

Education / Éducation 371 - Devolving authority for health care in Canada's provinces: 1. An introduction to the issues, J. Lomas, J. Woods, G. Veenstra [full text / résumé] 379 - Creating community agency placements for undergraduate medical education: a program description, D.A. Wasylenki, C.A. Cohen, B.R. McRobb [abstract / résumé] 385 - Defining inappropriate practices in prescribing for elderly people: a national consensus panel, P.J. McLeod, A.R. Huang, R.M. Tamblyn, D.C. Gayton [full text / résumé] 393 - Resource allocation and physician liability, K. Capen [in brief / en bref]

Experience / Expérience 397 - Surviving breast cancer: an emergency physician faces the fight of her life, M. Hugi

Public health / Santé publique 401 - A new source of Escherichia coli infection [full text] 402 - Une nouvelle source d'infection par Escherichia coli, [texte complet]

Features / Chroniques 405 - Life at McGill: trying to remain optimistic while living in separation's shadow, D. Spurgeon [full text / en bref] 408 - Abortion and our changing society, D. Waugh 409 - CMA leads drive to improve physicians' management skills, S. Wharry [partial text / en bref] 411 - Issues concerning ethical conduct and genetic mapping raised at Montreal meeting, J. Lyttle 413 - Study questions whether equalization of health care services a logical goal, M. OReilly [full text / en bref]

327 - Deaths / Nécrologie

Pulse / Médicogramme 464 - Where do we stand in the OECD? / Où en sommes-nous à l'OCDE?

417 - Books and other media / Livres et autres documents

• Doing Right: A Practical Guide to Ethics for Physicians and Medical Trainees
• The Physicians' Legal Manual
• The Canadian Family Guide to Stroke: Prevention, Treatment and Recovery
• Neuromuscular Transmission
• Primary Care Orthopaedics
• Sharing the Final Journey: Walking with the Dying
• Venous Disorders: A Manual of Diagnosis and Treatment