CMAJ/JAMC - April 18, 2000 / le 18 avril 2000

April 18, 2000 / le 18 avril 2000

CMAJ 2000; 162(8)

Highlights of this issue

Cover:
Mark Loeb and colleagues conducted active surveillance and retrospective chart audits for outbreaks of respiratory tract infections in 5 nursing homes (page 1133). They emphasize the importance of adequate surveillance and of early diagnosis so that appropriate interventions can be promptly instituted.

Respiratory tract infections in nursing homes

Editorial
Letters
Research
Research Letter
Commentary

Review
The Left Atrium
News and Analysis
Deaths
Heart & Soul

	Editorial · Éditorial
1113	Another round of jeopardy [HTML / PDF]
1115	Une autre manche de «jéopardie» [HTML / PDF]

1121	Letters · Correspondance [PDF] Instructions to correspondents An historical take on physician's charter C.P.W. Warren; response: N. Kenny, C. Weijer Studying the statins E. Prégent response: R.J. Herman; L.E. Shapiro, N.H. Shear Degrees of difficulty in ascertaining credentials J. Stoffman Medicare G. Ballinger; B. Day response: J. Hoey

	Research · Recherche
1127	An outbreak of hepatitis B associated with reusable subdermal electroencephalogram electrodes Hepatitis B Outbreak Investigation Team [HTML / PDF]
1133	Surveillance for outbreaks of respiratory tract infections in nursing homes M. Loeb, A. McGeer, M. McArthur, R.W. Peeling, M. Petric, A.E. Simor [HTML / PDF]

	Research Letters · Exposés de recherche
1139	Biochemical markers in acute ischemic stroke M.D. Hill, G. Jackowski, N. Bayer, M. Lawrence, R. Jaeschke [HTML / PDF]
1141	Changing drinking-and-driving behaviour: the effects of Ontario's administrative driver's licence suspension law R.E. Mann, R.G. Smart, G. Stoduto, E.M. Adlaf, E. Vingilis, D. Beirness, R. Lamble [HTML / PDF]

	Commentary · Commentaire
1147	Ethics through the looking glass P.S. Craighead [HTML / PDF]
1148	High performance computing and medical research A.J. Cuticchia [HTML / PDF]
1150	Reducing medication errors B. Orser [HTML / PDF]
1152	The silent payer speaks: workers' compensation boards and Canadian physicians M. Campolieti, J.N. Lavis [HTML / PDF]

	Review · Synthèse
1157	Rheumatology: 2. What laboratory tests are needed? K. Shojania [HTML / PDF]
1167	Ethics and human rights in South African medicine J.R. Williams [HTML / PDF]
1171	Health care, federalism and the new Social Union K. Wilson [HTML / PDF]

1179	The Left Atrium · De l'Oreille Gauche [HTML / PDF]
	Taking the short view (book review by V. Hanlon) P. Ney on knowing the self L. Lacroix's Sunday paintings

1186	News and analysis · Nouvelles et analyses [PDF]
	Doctors take NB government to court Doctor in the house? Project may open door to better care Cataract surgery contracted out in Vancouver Knit 1, purl 2 Delay in cancer centre expansion may derail Ontario project CMA Online manager honoured Canadians run Kosovo clinics BC's reference-based pricing stirs controversy Companies in NS get heart smart On the Net: An atlas of the brain, online BC's PharmaNet system proving convenient Pulse: Availability of services in rural areas Improperly sterilized endoscopes cause concern in Halifax Research Update: Something in the way they move clue to Huntington's Vitamin E not a heartfelt protector Safe system developed for neural transplantation Stunning research pinpoints a cause of sudden heart failure Briefly: Clotting defects raise risk of venous thrombosis from the Pill Public Health: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis caused by erythromycin He said, she said: demystifying the dreaded disciplinary hearing UBC med school marks 50th birthday with call for increased enrolment Can the Senate save medicare?

1259	Deaths · Nécrologie

Heart and Soul · Gens de cœur

1260 Canada's physician to the Olympians
H. Kent
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