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CMAJ

September 21, 1999 / le 21 septembre 1999

CMAJ 1999; 161(6)

© 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
669 Rough seas in US managed care
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671 Les soins dirigés aux États-Unis : la mer est houleuse
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Cover:
Street youths are at high risk for many health problems. Élise Roy and colleagues report on the prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among street youths in Montreal and investigate associated risk behaviours (page 689).

677 News and analysis ˇ Nouvelles et analyses [HTML / PDF]
 
  • Ban on bovine growth hormones
  • Hepatitis outbreak in UK
  • Psychiatry via televideo
  • A new test for a superbug
  • Pulse: Slight change in MD:population ratio
  • Forced heart transplant
  • Research Update:
    • Smoking in pregnancy
    • Bacterial infections can cause early miscarriage
    • A drink a day keeps mortality at bay in older-onset diabetes
    • Forecasting fever

685 Letters ˇ Correspondance [HTML / PDF]
Instructions to correspondents
 
  • Defining passive euthanasia
  • Marketing guidelines
  • Unconventional therapies and cancer
  • Medical fitness to drive
  • Prostate exam technique
  Evidence ˇ Études
689 Hepatitis B virus infection among street youths in Montreal
É. Roy, N. Haley, N. Lemire, J.-F. Boivin, P. Leclerc, J. Vincelette
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695 Hormone replacement therapy: a survey of Ontario physicians' prescribing practices
L. Elinson, M.M. Cohen, T. Elmslie
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699 Trends in the prevalence and treatment of hypertension in Halifax County from 1985 to 1995
H.K. Wolf, P. Andreou, I.R. Bata, D.G. Comeau, R.D. Gregor, G. Kephart, D.R. MacLean, I. Sketris
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  Research Letter ˇ Exposé de recherche
708 Attitudes of Canadian women toward birthing centres and midwife care for childbirth
S.W. Wen, L.S. Mery, M.S. Kramer, V. Jimenez, K. Trouton, P. Herbert, B. Chalmers
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  Editorials ˇ Éditoriaux
713 The treatment of hypertension in Canada: Are we making progress?
F.A. McAlister
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715 Might you be the next Editorial Fellow?
E. Weir, J. Hoey
[full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

  Education ˇ Éducation
717 Tuberculosis: 10. Prevention
D. Menzies, T.N. Tannenbaum, J.M. FitzGerald
[full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
725 Effectiveness of the Quick Medical Reference as a diagnostic tool
J.B. Lemaire, J.P. Schaefer, L.A. Martin, P. Faris, M.D. Ainslie, R.D. Hull
[full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
729 An interdisciplinary approach to a day-long palliative care course for undergraduate students
E.J. Latimer, A. Deakin, C. Ingram, L. O'Brien, M. Smoke, L. Wishart
[full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

732 The Left Atrium ˇ De l'Oreille Gauche [HTML / PDF]
 
  • Blood, sweat and tears (book review by B. Cooper)
  • P. Rockman on the aftermath of an air disaster
  • V. Hanlon's photographic method in the ER
  On_the_Net@cma.ca ˇ Sur_le_Net@cma.ca
736 It's wise to immunize, regardless of what the Web says
B. Sibbald
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  Features ˇ Chroniques
737 Physicians may have to "sell" benefits of immunization to sceptical parents
S. Pinker
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739 Polish health care morphs into new system at breakneck speed
C. Gray
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741 CMPA "amazed" as number of new legal actions against MDs declines in '98
P. Sullivan
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742 Health Canada leery as US "nutraceutical" movement prepares to move north
B. Sibbald
[full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
743 Swissair disaster taught medical examiners a lesson in logistical challenges
D. Grant
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775 Deaths ˇ Nécrologie

  Heart and Soul ˇ Gens de cœur
776 Cutting-edge musician enters the OR
H. Kent
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After interviewing physicians and sceptical parents in the Montreal area, Susan Pinker discovered that Canadian doctors may have to do a sales job on the benefits of immunization. For a variety of reasons, many parents are refusing to have it done (see page 737).