September 22, 1998 / le 22 septembre 1998

CMAJ 1998; 159(6)

© 1998 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

Press release

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Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef Cover: This issue offers an evidence-based tool to assess psychosocial health in pregnancy (page 677), a study of the psychological effects of maternal serum screening (page 651) and an editorial calling for more research on the true benefits of prenatal nutrition (page 663).

643	News and analysis ˇ Nouvelles et analyses More than 1000 CMA members sign up with OSLER Hepatitis A and C "superinfection" tackled in BC Managed care under attack from US physicians Cool sites Your Editorial Board: Dr. Carol Herbert

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Letters ˇ Correspondance Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants How many doctors are enough?, M.A. Baltzan Caring for an aging population, N. Nazerali, et al; N. Donen; H. Hugenholtz; response: J. Strachan; N.P. Roos Health care needs versus health care wants, G.E.Rosenquist; response: E. Ryten Reporting of gender-related information in clinical trials of drug therapy for myocardial infarction [Correction] Survivors of sexual abuse [Correction]

	Evidence ˇ Études
651	Psychological outcomes following maternal serum screening: a cohort study, V. Goel, R. Glazier, A. Summers, S. Holzapfel [full text]
657	Prevalence of potentially reversible dementias and actual reversibility in a memory clinic cohort, S. Freter, H. Bergman, S. Gold, H. Chertkow, A.M. Clarfield [abstract / résumé]

	Editorials ˇ Éditoriaux
663	Maternal nutrition, pregnancy outcome and public health policy, M.S. Kramer [full text]
669	New variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and the blood supply: Is it time to face the music?, J. Hoey, A. Giulivi, A.M. Todkill [full text]
671	Is Canada falling behind international standards for stroke care?, A.M. Hakim, F. Silver, C. Hodgson [full text]

	Education ˇ Éducation
677	Using the ALPHA form in practice to assess antenatal psychosocial health, A.J. Reid, A. Biringer, J.D. Carroll, D. Midmer, L.M. Wilson, B. Chalmers, D.E. Stewart [full text]
685	Prostate cancer: 2. Natural history, R.K. Nam, M.A.S. Jewett, M.D. Krahn [full text]

	Experience ˇ Expérience
693	The moment of passing, C. Dewar [full text]

	Public health ˇ Santé publique
695	The return of the 100-day cough: resurgence of pertussis in the 1990s, T.W.S. Tam, A. Bentsi-Enchill [full text]
	Le retour de la toux de 100 jours : réapparition de la coqueluche dans les années 1990, T.W.S. Tam, A. Bentsi-Enchill [texte complet]

	Features ˇ Chroniques
697	Time's running out as physicians await Y2K fallout, A. Elash [full text / en bref]
702	Financial troubles abound for new US medical grads, M. Korcok [in brief / en bref]
705	Newfoundland angers its MDs by seeking medical help from armed forces, B. Ryan [full text / en bref]

709	On_the_Net@cma.ca ˇ Sur_le_Net@cma.ca    Questions keep coming about CMA's OSLER service

	Pulse ˇ Médicogramme
740	Are men losing interest in medical careers? / La carrière en médecine perd-elle son attrait pour les hommes?

	Special Supplement ˇ Supplément spécial
	Stroke: costs, practices and the need for change

ISSN 0820-3946 159(6) 633-740 (1998)