April 6, 1999 / le 6 avril 1999

CMAJ 1999; 160(7)

© 1999 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

Press release

Highlights of this issue

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Editor's preface Mot du rédacteur en chef Cover: Autologous blood donation before elective surgery is commonly used to reduce exposure to allogeneic transfusions. Articles in this issue shed light on patients' perceptions about and experiences with autologous donation (page 989) and on how autologous donation affects transfusion decision-making (page 997).

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News and analysis · Nouvelles et analyses US antiabortion pamphlet stirs anger north of border Be careful who you marry, female physicians warned Bar codes could track the official flu of the 2002 Winter Olympics Cool sites Ugandan health centre awarded subscriptions Pulse: Canada's tipplers cutting back New money injected into bone marrow registry

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Letters · Correspondance Instructions to correspondents / Directives aux correspondants Guidelines – not always an easy answer T. Vandor; J. Goertzen; response: R. Gallagher, N. Fleshner; F. Tudiver, et al Which curriculum? T. Ungar Antimotility agents and E. coli infection, P.I. Tarr, D.L. Christie The language of suicide G. O'Reilly Urology: An unfairly neglected discipline of medical training K.L. Driver Meta-analysis and adverse drug reactions N. Mittmann, et al Privacy policy L. Cellini

	Evidence · Études
989	Autologous versus allogeneic transfusion: patients' perceptions and experiences I.D. Graham, D. Fergusson, H. Dokainish, J. Biggs, L. McAuley, A. Laupacis [full text / abstract]
997	Transfusion practices among patients who did and did not predonate autologous blood before elective cardiac surgery J.-Y. Dupuis, B. Bart, G. Bryson, J. Robblee [full text / abstract]
1007	Physical abuse during pregnancy: prevalence and risk factors N. Muhajarine, C. D'Arcy [full text / abstract]
1013	Method of physician remuneration and rates of antibiotic prescription J.M. Hutchinson, R.N. Foley [full text / abstract]

	Research letter · Exposé de recherche
1021	Drug access among homeless men in Toronto S.W. Hwang, J.L. Gottlieb [full text]

	Editorials · Éditoriaux
1022	Physical abuse during pregnancy: a significant threat to maternal and child health H.L. MacMillan [full text]
1023	Can the health care system buy better antibiotic prescribing behaviour? M.A.H. Levine, A. Pradhan [full text]

	Education · Éducation
1025	Tuberculosis: 2. History of the disease in Canada S. Grzybowski, E.A. Allen [full text in HTML / full text in PDF]
1029	Challenges of prescribing low-dose drug therapy for older people P.A. Rochon, J.P. Clark, J.H. Gurwitz [full text]

1035	The Left Atrium · De l'Oreille Gauche The balance of healing The sad ballad of the ICU Metamorphoses Purging Stillborn

	On_the_Net@cma.ca · Sur_le_Net@cma.ca
1039	Is Internet-based disease management on the way?, M. OReilly

	Features · Chroniques
1041	Physician managers warned of media's growing power P. Sullivan [full text]
1042	Canada has its first female dean – 170 years after first medical school opened N. Robb [full text]
1043	Customers lining up for high-cost hyperbaric therapy H. Kent
1045	Frozen in time: life in the face of chronic care cutbacks K. Cook [full text / in brief]
1048	Link between HIV risk and other STDs debated at forum A. Silversides [full text]

	Heart and Soul · Gens de cœur
1108	A tip of the cap for a McGill prof S. Pinker [full text]