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CMAJ

September 7, 1999 / le 7 septembre 1999

CMAJ 1999; 161(5)

© 1999 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

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In this issue · Dans ce numéro

    Press release
    Highlights of this issue

  Editor's Preface ˇ Mot du rédacteur en chef
469 The bean counters and the residents
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471 Les gratte-papier et les résidents
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Cover:
In this issue, Colleen Maxwell and colleagues report that older people taking calcium-channel blockers are signficantly more likely to experience cognitive decline than those using other antihypertensive agents (page 501). Editorialist Henry Dinsdale provides a commentary (page 534).

477 News and analysis ˇ Nouvelles et analyses [HTML / PDF]
 
  • Free rent from MDs keeps lab open
  • Prescription soap?
  • CMAJ's new fellowship editor
  • Tuition battle at U of T
  • Pulse: Tuition fees and medical residents
  • Research Update: Bacterial toxin kills brain cancer
485 Letters ˇ Correspondance [HTML / PDF]
Instructions to correspondents
 
  • Alternative funding plans
  • Radiofrequency radiation
  • Imaging errors
  • Dialysis patients with TB
  • Correction

  Evidence ˇ Études
493 Anticoagulant prophylaxis against stroke in atrial fibrillation: effectiveness in actual practice
J.J. Caro, K.M. Flegel, M.-E. Orejuela, H.E. Kelley, J.L. Speckman, K. Migliaccio-Walle
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501 Calcium-channel blockers and cognitive function in elderly people: results from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging
C.J. Maxwell, D.B. Hogan, E.M. Ebly
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511 Nutrition survey in an elderly population following admission to a tertiary care hospital
N. Azad, J. Murphy, S.S. Amos, J. Toppan
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519 Practice guidelines for clinical prevention: Do patients, physicians and experts share common ground?
M.-D. Beaulieu, É. Hudon, D. Roberge, R. Pineault, D. Forté, J. Légaré
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  Editorials ˇ Éditoriaux
527 When hospital files get in media hands
J.F. Farrell, E. Denham, G. Flynn
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528 Prisoners of ritual
R.B. Goldbloom
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529 When journals are branded, editors get burnt: the ousting of Jerome Kassirer from the New England Journal of Medicine
J. Hoey
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533 Preventing stroke in atrial fibrillation: Why are so many eligible patients not receiving anticoagulant therapy?
S.J. Connolly
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534 Searching for a link between calcium-channel blockers and cognitive function
H.B. Dinsdale
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  Education ˇ Éducation
539 Why not private health insurance? 1. Insurance made easy
R. Deber, A. Gildiner, P. Baranek
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545 Why not private health insurance? 2. Actuarial principles meet provider dreams
R. Deber, A. Gildiner, P. Baranek
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551 The Left Atrium ˇ De l'Oreille Gauche
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  • Starved for understanding (book review by G. Beck)
  • R. Springate argues the point about disability
  • A radical response to breast cancer in the art of Cynthia Cox
  On_the_Net@cma.ca ˇ Sur_le_Net@cma.ca
557 Get ready for online sales of prescription drugs
M. OReilly
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  Features ˇ Chroniques
561 Concerns about size of MD workforce, medicine's future dominate CMA annual meeting
P. Sullivan
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565 SOGC sounds ALARM on legal pitfalls facing ob/gyns
B. Sibbald
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569 New Zealand embraces a parallel private system — and a growing gap between rich and poor
H. Kent
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575 When women came to Queen's
J. Cataudella
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579 BC college works to change attitudes, attract physicians to methadone treatment
A. Mullens
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583 New group sets sights on herbal medicine
B. Sibbald
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584 Breast cancer conference marred by questionable presentations, critics charge
B. Sibbald
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586 Taxpayers ante up — without griping — in drive to make London a health care capital
L. Swanson
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589 Doctors — of all ages — should be wary of bankruptcy
S. Lightstone
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663 Deaths ˇ Nécrologie

  Heart and Soul ˇ Gens de cœur
664 Setting sail for the interior
N. Robb
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