February 8, 2000 / le 8 février 2000

CMAJ 2000; 162(3)

© 2000 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

Press release

Highlights of this issue

	Editorial · Éditorial
309	Klein's surgical strike at medicare [HTML / PDF]
311	Attaque chirurgicale de Klein contre l'assurance-maladie [HTML / PDF] Cover: Anemia is common among First Nations infants. In this issue, Noreen Willows and colleagues report findings from a screening protocol for anemia among 9-month-old Cree children in northern Quebec (page 323).

313

Letters · Correspondance [ PDF ] Instructions to correspondents Caveat lector: be wary of media reports about excessive Ritalin use in BC C. Dormuth, et al Does premedical education make the grade? D.J. Doyle Putting together the pieces of the physician supply puzzle A.B. Patrick; W.W. Arkinstall; M.A. Baltzan K. Phillips; A.J. Elliott; M. Thomson; J.J.P. Patil Improving management of depression G. Worrall, et al The move away from fee-for-service care B. Dixon-Warren The aftermath of the Swissair crash M. Thornington You say she looks like a tomato, I say she looks like a tomahto F. Budden Assessing quality of care J.O. Sundin; response: N. Hébert-Croteau, et al Time to put the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on trial [Correction]

	Research · Recherche
323	Prevalence of anemia among James Bay Cree infants of northern Quebec N.D. Willows, J. Morel, K. Gray-Donald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
331	Gay and lesbian physicians in training: a qualitative study C. Risdon, D. Cook, D. Willms [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Research letter · Exposés de recherche
339	Use of physical and chemical restraints in medical teaching units J.V. Kow, D.B. Hogan [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Commentary · Commentaire
343	Breast-feeding and anemia: Let's be careful J.C. Godel [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
344	Education of medical students and house staff to prevent hazardous occupational exposure C. Doig [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
346	Equity in health B. Starfield [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Review · Synthèse
351	Tuberculosis: 13. Control of the disease among aboriginal people in Canada J.M. FitzGerald, L. Wang, R.K. Elwood [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
359	Safrole in betel quid may be a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma: case report C.-J Liu, C.-L. Chen, K.-W. Chang, C.-H. Chu, T.-Y. Liu [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
362	The Internet and evidence-based decision-making: a needed synergy for efficient knowledge management in health care A.R. Jadad, R.B. Haynes, D. Hunt, G.P. Browman [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
369	Septic shock: treating more than just blood pressure I. Mayers, D. Johnson [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
371	The urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori infection: taking the wind out of the sails of endoscopy C.A. Fallone, S.J.O.V. van Zanten, N. Chiba [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

377	The Left Atrium · De l'Oreille Gauche [HTML / PDF]
	Occasional poetics (book review by S. Neilson) A photographic portrait of Scottish rural practice L. Kramer makes a memorable house call

389	News and analysis · Nouvelles et analyses
	Most medical Y2K bugs squashed Coroner accused of overkill New surgery training centre sets big goals Is 79 too old for a heart transplant? Hospital mergers leaving many Ottawa doctors riled Quebec microbiologist makes his stamp Loophole closure outrages generic drug companies Yes, but did the operation make a difference? Earthquake team finally gets nod to go overseas MD tickled by eagle feather Medicine's human side exposed by Dal's poet-in-residence Candy killed after complaints from mentally disabled Americans On the Net / Sur le Net: MD recruiting goes online Pediatric subspecialists in short supply in BC Pulse: Drug costs surpass spending on physicians Transport Canada to determine if new in-car devices affect safety Research Update: A tale of 2 epidemics: link discovered between smallpox and HIV resistance Questioning the association between HRT and prevention of CVD Diabetes-associated fat disorder traced to genetic mutation Briefly Gene therapy hits a snag Persistence of memory
409	Will it be third time lucky for Ralph Klein? R. Cairney [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
411	Alberta is back at it, goading the feds C. Gray [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

475	Deaths · Nécrologie

	Heart and Soul · Gens de cœur
476	Medicine and chiropractic are partners in Ontario office L. Swanson [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

After physicians in Edmonton performed a heart transplant on a 79-year-old man, Richard Cairney sought responses from Canadian ethicists. The man is thought to be the oldest patient ever to receive the operation – in Canada or elsewhere (p. 390).