Canadian Medical Association Journal / Journal de l'Association médicale canadienne December 1, 1997 / Le 1er décembre 1997 CMAJ 1997;157(11) © 1997 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

Hope in the fight against domestic abuse

In this issue · Dans ce numéro 1497 1499 Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef 1501 News and analysis · Nouvelles et analyses More bad news from CMPA Incontinence a hidden medical problem, study finds McCrae's war medals stay in Canada Private-insurance debate moves to Chile Disabled doctor takes to the mountains Students get gritty introduction to reality of HIV/AIDS Physician member of hit team, paper says Remembrance Day event focuses on women Research update / Le point sur la recherche 1509 Letters · Correspondance [Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants] Ontario's HSOs have not failed!, G. Gibson; D. Wallik; response: D.L. Mowat CPGs: To reach the unreachable goal?, H. Platt Addressing needle-stick concerns, H.E. Emson The US attack on Cuba's health, A. Lielmanis, D.T.H. Paine; R. Garfield; response: A.F. Kirkpatrick Shedding light on sunscreen use, B.W. Gregory; response: C.J. Mills Signing up with ADD, S.M. Lena Cervical cancer screening, G.H. Anderson Bias in the CMAJ?, P.G. Ney The many faces of pheochromocytoma, S. Arshinoff Why?, J. Righter; D. Rapoport Taking the Pulse, the CMA physician resource survey [correction] Taking the Pulse (sondage de l'AMC sur les effectifs médicaux) [corrections] Is routine follow-up after endometrial cancer justified? [correction] Confronting despair: the Holocaust survivor's struggle with ordinary life and ordinary death [correction] Attitudes toward the use of gender-inclusive language among residency trainees [correction]   Evidence · Études 1519 Induction of labour versus expectant management for prelabour rupture of the membranes at term: an economic evaluation, A. Gafni, R. Goeree, T.L. Myhr, M.E. Hannah, G. Blackhouse, A.R. Willan, J.A. Weston, E.E.L. Wang, E.D. Hodnett, S.A. Hewson, D. Farine, A. Ohlsson, for the TERMPROM Study Group [full text / résumé] 1529 Alcohol disorders in Canada as indicated by the CAGE questionnaire, C. Poulin, I. Webster, E. Single [full text / résumé]   Editorials · Éditoriaux 1539 Responding to our abused patients, B. Lent [full text / résumé] 1541 Premature rupture of membranes at term: a medical and economic rationale for active management, P. Duff [full text / résumé] 1543 Alcohol disorders in Canada: the need for intervention, R.E. Mann [full text / résumé] 1547 Diversity and women's health: a call for papers, J. Hoey, P. Ballem, C. Younger-Lewis [full text / texte complet] 1548 An amnesty for unpublished trials, I. Roberts, J. Hoey [full text] 1549 Avoiding the mismeasurement of medicine and improving care, R.M. Bernstein [full text / résumé]   Education · Éducation 1555 More than meets the eye: recognizing and responding to spousal abuse, F. Martin, C. Younger-Lewis [full text / résumé] 1561 Medical classification systems in Canada: moving toward the year 2000, A.N. Lalonde, E. Taylor [full text / résumé] 1567 A curriculum for the times: an experiment in teaching health policy to residents in family medicine, S.E.D. Shortt, P.G. Hodgetts [full text / résumé]   Experience · Expérience 1571 A lesson from my father, F. Tudiver   Public health · Santé publique 1573 Amantadine use in influenza outbreaks in long-term care facilities [full text] 1575 Utilisation de l'amantadine au cours des poussées de grippe dans des établissements de soins de longue durée [texte complet]   Features · Chroniques 1579 MDs have key role in bringing ugly secret of wife abuse out of closet, N. Baer [full text / en bref] 1586 Mother's rights can't be infringed to protect fetus, Supreme Court's landmark ruling states, K. Capen [full text / en bref] 1589 Move into hospital sector another sign of complementary medicine's growing popularity, A. Elash [full text / en bref] 1593 Work by Alberta researchers may free MDs from awkward fitness-to-drive decisions, R. Cairney [full text / en bref] 1643 Deaths · Nécrologie   Pulse · Médicogramme 1644 How do we stack up within the OECD? / Où nous situons-nous au sein de l'OCDE? 1597 Books and other media · Livres et autres documents Foods that Harm, Foods that Heal: An A-Z Guide to Safe and Health Eating The Temporal Lobe and Limbic System Partnering and Health Development: The Kathmandu Connection Evidence-Based Healthcare: How to Make Health Policy and Management Decisions 1600 On_the_Net@cma.ca · Sur_le_Net@cma.ca     The virtual doctor has arrived Resources · Ressources 1601 Conferences · Conférences 1606 Advertisers' index · Index des annonceurs 1606 Prescribing index · Index de l'information sur les ordonnances 1629 Service information · Renseignements aux lecteurs 1630 Classified advertising · Annonces classées   ISSN 0820-3946 157 (11) 1493-1644 (1997)