CMAJ/JAMC - April 4, 2000 / le 4 avril 2000

April 4, 2000 / le 4 avril 2000

CMAJ 2000; 162(7)

© 2000 Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne

In this issue
· Dans ce numéro

Highlights of this issue

Cover:
Arthritis can strike anyone, at any time of life. In this issue we launch a new Clinical Basics series designed to update primary care practitioners on the rapidly changing field of rheumatology (page 1007 and page 1011).

Editorial
Letters
Research
Commentary
Review

	Editorial · Éditorial
961	Public health, public persuasion [HTML / PDF]
963	Santé publique, persuasion publique [HTML / PDF]

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Letters · Correspondance [PDF]
Instructions to correspondents

Diabetes in aboriginal populations R. Baschetti

Technology list found wanting R. Ashforth; S.M.H. Alibhai; response: C.E. Caplan

A new register for clinical trial information M.D. Levy

Migrants from China A.M. Robertson; response: P. Sullivan

Red tape is strangling foreign-trained physicians A. Mahim

What exactly were you highlighting? W.S.Lofters; M.B.Abdurrahman; [Editor's note]

It's uncanny W.E. Goodman; F. Rosner; response: A. Ohry, J. Tsafrir

High marks for the physical exam [Correction]

To pay or not to pay? [Correction]

Anticoagulant prophylaxis against stroke in atrial fibrillation [Correction]

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	Research · Recherche
977	The clinical burden of prostate cancer in Canada: forecasts from the Montreal Prostate Cancer Model S.A. Grover, L. Coupal, H. Zowall, R. Rajan, J. Trachtenberg, M. Elhilali, M. Chetner, L. Goldenberg [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
987	The economic burden of prostate cancer in Canada: forecasts from the Montreal Prostate Cancer Model S.A. Grover, L. Coupal, H. Zowall, R. Rajan, J. Trachtenberg, M. Elhilali, M. Chetner, L. Goldenberg [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
993	Dilution of the 75-g oral glucose tolerance test increases postprandial glycemia: implications for diagnostic criteria J.L. Sievenpiper, D.J.A. Jenkins, R.G. Josse, V. Vuksan [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

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	Commentary · Commentaire
1001	Disease-simulation models and health care decisions J.J. Caro [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1002	Direct and indirect randomized trials of screening: the A's and D's of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines J. Mahon [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1005	Coronary artery bypass surgery for elderly patients: Is our practice based on evidence or faith? P. MacDonald, D. Johnstone, K. Rockwood [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1007	Rheumatology: introduction to the series J.M. Esdaile [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

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	Review · Synthèse
1011	Rheumatology: 1. Is it arthritis? S. Ensworth [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1017	Frequent users of the emergency department: a program to improve care and reduce visits D. Pope, C.M.B. Fernandes, F. Bouthillette, J. Etherington [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

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1021	The Left Atrium · De l'Oreille Gauche [HTML / PDF]
	A social history of breast cancer (book review by C. Gray) Pain and pathos in Mexican art Damocles

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1029	News and analysis · Nouvelles et analyses [PDF]
	MRC changes its name, doubles its budget Online obituary searching now available Booming "vanity medicine" industry under attack in Florida CMAJ appoints ethical-issues editor Ontario MDs lose, Quebec MDs win in malpractice fee shuffle "Blood saves lives" theme of World Health Day 2000 Rapid test may save money by allowing quicker emergency flights Pulse: Canada among leaders in OECD health results Health promises scarce among US presidential candidates On the Net / Sur le Net: Litigation online Research Update: Eye-opening cataract study shows routine tests unnecessary Tuned in to the human voice Attack of the killer lymphocytes Saving saliva function during treatment for head and neck cancer
1036	Public Health: West Nile fever in New York City J. Hoey [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1037	The ER alternative: urgent care clinics coming of age B. Sibbald [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1039	FP shortage makes for creative patients in Nova Scotia D. Moulton [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1042	Civilian facilities now provide care for Edmonton's 7000 soldiers, train military MDs H. Kent [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]
1043	Hospital crisis? What crisis? C. Gray [full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

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1107	Deaths · Nécrologie

Heart and Soul · Gens de cœur

1108 St. John's MD as busy outside medicine as in
B. Ryan
[full article in HTML / full article in PDF]

Canadian Adverse Drug Reaction Newsletter

1044 [ PDF] (links to Health Canada Web site)

Adverse drug reaction reporting - 1999
Celecoxib (Celebrex^TM): 1 year later
Correction
Communiqué
Drugs of Current Interest

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