February 22, 2000 / le 22 février 2000

CMAJ 2000; 162(4)

© 2000 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

Press release

Highlights of this issue

	Editorial · Éditorial
481	PubMed Central: signing on [HTML / PDF]
483	PubMed Central : nous sommes inscrits [HTML / PDF] Cover: In this issue, Ken Newell and colleagues present the largest case series yet reported of plastic bread-bag clips being found in the gastrointestinal tract (page 527).

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Letters · Correspondance [PDF] Instructions to correspondents Over the moon about even numbers P.F. Hall Show us the evidence G. Norman, et al Impact of abstracts and short reports S. van Zanten; response: E. Garfield; E. Garfield; J. Hoey Osler's unusual case T.O. Cheng Violence in the health care workplace G.M. Liss; response: C.M.B. Fernandes Peerless accuracy (or not) W. Sara response: R.C. McGarry High marks for the physical exam J. Jacobs; E. Berger; W.D. Dorian; F.A. McAlister, et al

	Research · Recherche
497	Effect of preventive home visits by a nurse on the outcomes of frail elderly people in the community: a randomized controlled trial D.M. Dalby, J.W. Sellors, F.D. Fraser, C. Fraser, C. van Ineveld, M. Howard [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
501	Time required for approval of new drugs in Canada, Australia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States in 1996­1998 N.S.B. Rawson [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Research letter · Exposés de recherche
509	Health-related quality of life among final-year medical students S.R. Raj, C.S. Simpson, W.M. Hopman, M.A. Singer [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Commentary · Commentaire
511	Evaluating innovation in the care of Canada's frail elderly population H. Bergman, F. Béland [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
512	X-rays and technology as metaphor B. Lentle [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
515	Jung at heart: assessing one's suitability for medical training E. Weir [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
517	Medical journals are dead. Long live medical journals P.A. Singer [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

	Review · Synthèse
523	Pharmaceutical policies in Canada: another example of federal­provincial discord A.H. Anis [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
527	Plastic bread-bag clips in the gastrointestinal tract: report of 5 cases and review of the literature K.J. Newell, B. Taylor, J.C. Walton, E.J. Tweedie [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
533	Automated external defibrillation: Is survival only a shock away? B. Schwartz, P.R. Verbeek [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
535	Continuous positive airway pressure for congestive heart failure T.D. Bradley [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
537	Continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration for renal failure and sepsis D.J. Kutsogiannis [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
539	Report card on renal transplantation C.C. Geddes, C.J. Cardella [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

541	The Left Atrium · De l'Oreille Gauche [HTML / PDF]
	Practice pieces (book review by J. Stewart) Artists jil p. weaving and Margaret Naylor map out the mother zone A. Walsh remembers the truths a farmer taught her

547	News and analysis · Nouvelles et analyses [PDF]
	US hospitals use waiting list woes to woo Canadians Does the system need surgery? Stand by your man A smokin' Web site Advances made, but residents continue to face harassment U of A proving popular with native students Pharmacologists honour MD at centre of Sick Kids' controversy Worldwide decline in health cause for alarm Not kid's stuff Popularity of pot worries Quebec MDs Pulse: Growing dissatisfaction among Canada's rural MDs UK pumps $30 billion into health spending On the Net / Sur le Net: Quack watchers casting wider net BC atherosclerosis reversal clinic graduates first patients Research Update Leptin and the urge to eat Briefly... Secrets of long life
559	Latest ER crisis hit communities large and small S. Pinker [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
561	Military medical service no longer has MD at helm B. Sibbald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

619	Deaths · Nécrologie

	Heart and Soul · Gens de cœur
620	"An old fool" and his bicycle B. Sibbald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]