Highlights

Highlights
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:7
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Editorial

Preventing blindness: seeing is believing
Ken Flegel, Noni E. MacDonald, Matthew B. Stanbrook, Astika Kappagoda, and Paul C. Hébert
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E1-E2
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Early and continuing education: a prescription for achieving patient-centred care
Matthew B. Stanbrook, Diane Kelsall, Noni E. MacDonald, Daniel Rosenfield, Ken Flegel, and Paul C. Hébert
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E3;
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Parking-centred health care
Rajendra Kale
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:11
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Commentary

Patients and families as safety experts
Charles Vincent andRachel Davis
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:15-16;
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Is Clostridium difficile infection still a problem for hospitals?
David A. Enoch and Sani H. Aliyu
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:17-18
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Variation in risk of second primary cancer
Marcy Winget and Yutaka Yasui
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:19-20;
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News

For the record
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E4-E10
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Briefly
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E11-E14
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Late cuts: an international look at adult circumcision
Roger Collier
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E15-E16
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Breast screening guidelines fuel firestorm
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E17-E18
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Line between acts and omissions blurred, euthanasia critics argue
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E19-E20
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The redlining of harm reduction programs
Paul Christopher Webster
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E21-E22
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Crackdown on factory farm drug use urged
Paul Christopher Webster
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E23-E24
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Ugly, messy and nasty debate surrounds circumcision
Roger Collier
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E25-E26
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Snakebite neglect rampant in Africa
Bernard Appiah
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E27-E28
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WHO signals intent to trim sails
Roger Collier
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E29-E30
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Europe clamps down on antibiotic misuse
Tiago Villanueva
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E31-E32
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Climate change poses health threats in Arctic
Becky Rynor
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E33-E34
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Nothing cutting edge about Canadian ehealth strategy, critics say
Paul Christopher Webster
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E35-E36
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The studies that launched a thousand snips
Roger Collier
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E37-E38
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Food aid for children woefully substandard
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E39-E40
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Ontario college beats retreat on alternative therapies
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E41-E42
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Genetic tests for athletic ability: Science or snake oil?
Roger Collier
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E43-E44
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Testing the ethics of genetic testing in sports
Roger Collier
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E45-E46
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Private rooms: The fiscal advantage
Nathan Stall
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E47-E48
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Hospital-induced delirium hits hard
Roger Collier
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:23-24
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Private rooms: A choice between infection and profit
Nathan Stall
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:24-25
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Research

Diagnosed hypertension in Canada: incidence, prevalence and associated mortality
Cynthia Robitaille, Sulan Dai, Chris Waters, Lidia Loukine, Christina Bancej, Susan Quach, Joellyn Ellison, Norman Campbell, Karen Tu, Kim Reimer, Robin Walker, Mark Smith, Claudia Blais, and Hude Quan
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E49-E56
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Associations between first and second primary cancers: a population-based study
Sune F. Nielsen, Børge G. Nordestgaard, and Stig E. Bojesen
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E57-E69
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Online Appendices

Identification by families of pediatric adverse events and near misses overlooked by health care providers
Jeremy P. Daniels, Kate Hunc, D. Douglas Cochrane, Roxane Carr, Nicola T. Shaw, Annemarie Taylor, Susan Heathcote,
Rollin Brant, Joanne Lim, and J. Mark Ansermino
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:29-34
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Online Appendices

The effect of hospital-acquired infection with Clostridium difficile on length of stay in hospital
Alan J. Forster, Monica Taljaard, Natalie Oake, Kumanan Wilson, Virginia Roth, and Carl van Walraven
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:37-42
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Analysis

The role of seroepidemiology in the comprehensive surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases
Sarah E. Wilson, Shelley L. Deeks, Todd F. Hatchette, and Natasha S. Crowcroft
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E70-E76
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Managing the supply of physicians’ services through intelligent incentives
Brian R. Golden, Rosemary Hannam, and Douglas Hyatt
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E77-E80
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Using administrative health data for the surveillance of interventions for alcohol-related harm among young people
Steve Kisely, Mark Asbridge, Jason Connor, Angela White, Joanne Pais, and Elizabeth Lin
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:49-53
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Practice

Clinical Images: Emphysematous cholecystitis
Miguel F. Carrascosa and José R. Salcines-Caviedes
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E81
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Clinical Images: Tension gastrothorax causing cardiac arrest
Panagiotis Flamée and Caroline Pregardien
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E82
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Clinical Images: Recurrent appendicitis after appendectomy
Kathryn L. Martin, Michele Weir, Peter B. Engbers, and Brian Taylor
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E83
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Cases: The lucky penny: an illustration of the bullet rule
Paul T. Engels and Homer C. Tien
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:63-65
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Five Things To Know About...: Autonomic dysreflexia
Jacquelyn Cragg and Andrei Krassioukov
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:66
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Clinical Images: Chilblains
Sergio Vano-Galvan and Antonio Martorell
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:67
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Clinical Images: Black hairy tongue in an infant
Andreas Körber and Nadine Voshege
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:68
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Clinical shorts
Diane Kelsall
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:69
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Book Review: Baby basics
Lisa Graves
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:70
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Letters

Opioids and chronic pain
Lisa Bromley
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:73
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Opioids and chronic pain
Jason W. Nickerson and Amir Attaran
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:73
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Opioids and chronic pain
Meldon M. Kahan
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:74
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Centralized electronic health records benefit emergency medicine
Alex Hoechsmann
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:74
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Helicobacter pylori and immigrant health
Nicola L. Jones, Naoki Chiba, Carlo Fallone, Richard Hunt, and Alan Thomson
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:74-75;
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Canada’s low-risk drinking guidelines
Tim Stockwell, Doug Beirness, Peter Butt, Louis Gliksman, and Catherine Paradis
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:75
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When patient and doctor disagree
Joel Bruce Zivot
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:75-76
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Conclusions about specialties don’t match evidence
Adam B. Papini
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:76
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Correction

Cover text of Dec. 13, 2011 CMAJ, Vol. 183(18)
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:76
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Humanities

Books: The popular culture of medicine
Abby Lippman
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E84-E86; published ahead of print September 12, 2011, doi:10.1503/cmaj.110261
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Books: A visual story of inclusion
Mark Frutkin
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E87-E94
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Books: Gripping family tale lacks cache for physicians
A. Mark Clarfield
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E95
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Poetry: I went to the cenotaph today
James Stephenson
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E96
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Poetry: Quartet of remembrance
Ian Scott
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E97
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Essay: White coat narcissism
Mary V. Seeman
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E98-E99
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Arts: Coupland’s Museum of the Rapture needs contributions
Barbara Sibbald
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:80
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100 Years

The doctor’s bag in 1911
James A. Low
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E100-E102
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Salon

Welcome to Canada … but don’t get sick
Ritika Goel and Michaela Beder
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:E103
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Military metaphors and friendly fire
Douglas Slobod and Abraham Fuks
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184:144
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