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July 24, 2001 / le 24 juillet 2001
CMAJ  2001:165(2)

Musculoskeletal pains affect 10%-20% of schoolchildren. In the final article in CMAJ's rheumatology series, Peter Malleson and Richard Beauchamp provide advice on how to diagnose and treat limb pains in children (page 183).

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  Editorial • Éditorial
141 Time to weed the CPG garden
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143 Le moment est venu de désherber le jardin des guides de pratique
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147 Letters • Correspondance
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  • Physician, know thy limits — R. Sender [HTML / PDF]; S. Workman [HTML / PDF]
  • Do women treated for breast cancer at teaching hospitals really fare better — R.E. Myers [HTML / PDF]; T.J. Muckle [HTML / PDF]; P. Barron [HTML / PDF]; P. Willard [HTML / PDF]; R.J. Fingerote [HTML / PDF]; B.P. Higgins [HTML / PDF]; response: R. Chaudhry, V. Goel, C. Sawka [HTML / PDF]
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  Research • Rechèrche
157 What is the quality of drug therapy clinical practice guidelines in Canada?
I.D. Graham, S. Beardall, A.O. Carter, J. Glennie, P.C. Hébert, J.M. Tetroe, et al
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166 Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast cancer: 13. Sentinel lymph node biopsy
J. Cantin, H. Scarth, M. Levine, M. Hugi, for the Steering Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Treatment of Breast Cancer
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  Guides de pratique clinique pour la prise en charge et le traitement du cancer du sein : 13. La biopsie du ganglion lymphatique sentinelle
Jacques Cantin, Hugh Scarth, Mark Levine et Maria Hugi, pour le Comité directeur des guides de pratique clinique pour la prise en charge et le traitement du cancer du sein
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174 Does how you do depend on how you think you'll do? A systematic review of the evidence for a relation between patients' recovery expectations and health outcomes
M.V. Mondloch, D.C. Cole, J.W. Frank
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  Commentary • Commentaire
180 Further disquiet on the guidelines front
S.J. Lewis
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181 Promoting effective guideline use in Ontario
W.W. Rosser, D. Davis, E. Gilbart, on behalf of the Guideline Advisory Committee
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  Review • Synthèse
183 Rheumatology: 16. Diagnosing musculoskeletal pain in children
P.N. Malleson, R.D. Beauchamp
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189 Bioethics for clinicians: 27. Catholic bioethics
H.J. Markwell, B.F. Brown
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193 The Left Atrium • De l'oreille gauche [HTML]
 
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  • New manifesto a "bill of rights" for patients in pain [HTML / PDF]
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255 Deaths • Nécrologie

 

  Heart & Soul • Gens de cœur
256 Public's ignorance of sun's impact gets under MD's skin
H. Kent
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