February 10, 1998 / Le 10 février 1998

CMAJ 1998; 158 (3)

© 1998 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

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Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef

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News and analysis · Nouvelles et analyses Canada puts out the medicare red carpet for visiting VIPs New breed of drug detailers proving popular in BC Diabetes threatening young native children Action needed on ozone layer, auditor general warns BC to establish Canada's first genome-sequencing centre Complexity of problems changing face of adolescent health care Nova Scotia town tackles teenage-sexuality issue

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Letters · Correspondance [Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants] Detached doctors, distressed patients, M.E.A. North Which Korotkoff sound?, J.G. Ray; response: M.E. Helewa Resource allocation and the Code of Ethics, M.A. Baltzan; response: M.F. McKneally A less conventional approach to re-entry training, J. McSherry Annual visits to GPs by elderly patients, M.M. Finkelstein; P.P. Wang and E.M. Badley; response: M.W. Rosenberg and E.G. Moore Kudos for land-mine ban, M. Cole Screening for cervical cancer, E.A. Clarke; response: E. Grunfeld A measuring stick for health care, D.I. Atkinson BSE, variant CJD and infectious proteins, P.K. Lewin Don't forget the male victims of abuse, C. Wiebe

Cover: The 1998 CMA annual meeting takes place in Whitehorse, from Sept. 6 to 9. In this issue, Allon Reddoch, the CMA president-elect, discusses the particular problems of practising medicine in the rural north (page 337). Couverture: La prochaine assemblée annuelle de l'AMC aura lieu à Whitehorse, du 6 au 9 septembre 1998. Dans ce numéro, Allon Reddoch, président désigné de l'AMC, explique les problèmes particuliers que pose l'exercice de la médecine en région rurale de Nord (page 337)

	Evidence · Études
307	Are rural general practitioner - obstetricians performing too many prenatal ultrasound examinations? Evidence from western Labrador, E. Thompson, D. Freake, G. Worrall [abstract / résumé]
317	The British Columbia Positive Women's Survey: a detailed profile of 110 HIV-infected women, C.M. Kirkham, D.J. Lobb [abstract / résumé]
327	Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections: serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance in Canada, 1992-1995, M. Lovgren, J.S. Spika, J.A. Talbot [abstract / résumé]

	Editorials · Éditoriaux
335	"Remembrance and reflection", P.F. Hall [full text]
337	A warm place to practise: meeting the challenges of medicine in the North, A. Reddoch [full text]
339	The new antiretroviral "cocktails": Is the stage set for HIV-positive women to benefit?, S. Walmsley [full text]
345	We may get this horse to water, but will it drink?, N.A. Iscoe [full text]
347	Putting clinical practice guidelines into the hands of cancer patients, N.A. Hagen, B. Whylie [full text]

	Education · Éducation
351	Alberta's Rural Physician Action Plan: an integrated approach to education, recruitment and retention, D.R. Wilson, S.C. Woodhead-Lyons, D.G. Moores [abstract / résumé]
359	Free-standing health care facilities: financial arrangements, quality assurance and a pilot study, J.N. Lavis, J. Lomas, G.M. Anderson, A. Donner, N.A. Iscoe, G. Gold, J. Craighead [abstract / résumé]

	Experience · Expérience
367	Annie, A. Peterkin

	Public health · Santé publique
369	Avian influenza [full text]

	Features · Chroniques
373	Legalize use of marijuana for medical purposes, MDs and patients plead, C. Gray [full text / en bref]
377	Desperately seeking doctors, B. Sibbald [in brief / en bref]
380	Plasma-collection plant has to overcome tainted-blood fallout in search for donors, M. OReilly [in brief / en bref]
384	Frustrated by lack of job opportunities in Canada, MD moves to US space-medicine program, L. Sears Williams [full text / en bref]
386	The Class of '82 nears its career mid-point, M. OReilly
391	Depression often undertreated in HIV/AIDS patients, psychiatrist warns, A. Silversides [full text / en bref]

455	Deaths · Nécrologie

Special supplements · Suppléments spéciaux Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast cancer [full text] [portable document format (pdf)] Guides de pratique clinique pour la prise en charge et le traitement du cancer du sein [texte complet] [format pdf] Questions and answers on breast cancer: a guide for women and their physicians [full text] Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative Questions et réponses sur le cancer du sein: guide à l'intention des femmes et de leurs médecins [texte complet] Initiative canadienne sur le cancer du sein

	Pulse · Médicogramme
456	Spending on drugs surpasses $10 billion / Les coûts des médicaments : plus de 10 milliards de dollars

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Books and other media · Livres et autres documents Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins Aujourd'hui, la mort Ask the Doctor: Breast Cancer On Call Cardiology The Children of Neverland: The Silent Human Disaster Management of Injuries in Children Know Smoking: The Whole Truth About Smoking and Quitting

401	On_the_Net@cma.ca · Sur_le_Net@cma.ca    Creating your own medical Web site

402	Writing for CMAJ
404	Conferences · Conférences
410	Advertisers' index · Index des annonceurs
410	Prescribing index · Index de l'information sur les ordonnances
441	Service information · Renseignements aux lecteurs
442	Classified advertising · Annonces classées
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