October 6, 1998 / le 6 octobre 1998

CMAJ 1998; 159(7)

© 1998 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

Press release

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Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef Cover: Medical trainees are expected to become skilled in communicating with patients, but do they perceive their clinical teachers as humanistic role models (pages 765, 787 and 823)?

751	News and analysis ˇ Nouvelles et analyses Nicotine patch available without prescription Vancouver tPA study thought first of its kind Your Editorial Board: Dr. Martin Schechter Order of St. John turns 900 Psychiatric technique may help time-strapped FPs

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Letters ˇ Correspondance Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants Statinopathy?, D. Rapoport Thrombolytics for stroke, J.W. Hazlett; response: A.M. Hakim Legal reasoning?, N. La Hovary On evidence-based medicine, A. Boba; F.G. Mills Evaluating unconventional therapies, J. Lunney; C.A. Anderson; T. Hajto, R. Saller; L. Oppel; response: E. Kaegi, M. Schneider No more Band-Aid solutions for rural medicine, M. McCaffrey

	Evidence ˇ Études
765	Clinical teachers as humanistic caregivers and educators: perceptions of senior clerks and second-year residents, C. Beaudoin, B. Maheux, L. Côté, J.E. Des Marchais, P. Jean, L. Berkson [full text / résumé]
771	Notifying patients exposed to blood products associated with Creutzfeldt­Jakob disease: theoretical risk for real people, S.M. King, H. Watson, H. Heurter, M. Ricketts, S. Elsaadany [abstract / résumé]
777	Factors influencing the frequency of visits by hypertensive patients to primary care physicians in Winnipeg, N.P. Roos, K.C. Carrière, D. Friesen [abstract / résumé]

	Editorials ˇ Éditoriaux
787	Physician as humanist: still an educational challenge, V.R. Neufeld [full text]
789	The quandary of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, B. Larke [full text]
795	Primary care visits and health policy, B. Starfield [full text]
797	Why don't family physicians follow clinical practice guidelines for cancer screening?, F. Tudiver, C. Herbert, V. Goel, for the Family Physician Study Group, Sociobehavioral Cancer Research Network, National Cancer Institute of Canada [full text]
801	Unconventional therapies for cancer: A refuge from the rules of evidence?, I.F. Tannock, D.G. Warr [full text]
803	The arrogance of science and the pitfalls of hope, J. Hoey [full text]

	Education ˇ Éducation
807	Prostate cancer: 3. Individual risk factors, R.P. Gallagher, N. Fleshner [full text]
817	Bioethics for clinicians: 16. Dealing with demands for inappropriate treatment, C. Weijer, P.A. Singer, B.M. Dickens, S. Workman [full text / résumé]

	Experience ˇ Expérience
823	"You're the worst goddamn resident I've ever had", R. Patterson [full text]

	Public health ˇ Santé publique
826	Protecting against invasive pneumococcal disease: Be wise — immunize!, S.G. Squires, J.S. Spika [full text]
	Pour protéger contre l'infection invasive à pneumocoques : Soyez prudents — vaccinez!, S.G. Squires, J.S. Spika [texte complet]

	Features ˇ Chroniques
829	Blood recipients and CJD: to notify or not to notify, that is the question, B. Sibbald [full text / en bref]
832	Popularity of breast cancer program leads to referral protocols in BC, H. Kent [full text / en bref]
834	Ontario's kinder, gentler college tries to leave old-boys' image behind, C. Gray
837	Scepticism rampant as health minister addresses CMA meeting, S. Wharry [full text / en bref]
839	Dr. Allon Reddoch: the CMA's new president is a Yukon enthusiast, J. Hoey, B. Sibbald [full text]
840	Solutions prove elusive as Ontario seeks alternatives to FFS in remote areas, M. OReilly

843	On_the_Net@cma.ca ˇ Sur_le_Net@cma.ca    Evidence-based health care and the Internet

	Pulse ˇ Médicogramme
900	The southward flow ebbs slightly / L'exode vers le Sud ralentit légèrement

ISSN 0820-3946 159(7) 741-900 (1998)