Highlights

Highlights
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1655
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Editorial

Research for all
John Fletcher
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1657
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Commentary

Ethnic disparities in influenza vaccination in Canada
Bradford D. Gessner
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1661-1662
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Mental health impact of detention and temporary status for refugee claimants under Bill C-31
Janet Cleveland and Cécile Rousseau
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1663-1664
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News

Tackling immobility in hospitalized seniors
Nathan Stall
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1666-1667
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National standards urged for end-of-life care providers and facilities
Michael Monette
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1667-1668
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One last nail in the MAPLEs coffin
Tim Lougheed
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1669
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Infectious disease experts monitor outbreaks of enterovirus 71 in Asia
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E781-E782
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Free medicine for all in India
Soumyadeep Bhaumik and Tamoghna Biswas
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E783-E784
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Systematic approach to CPR training urged
Michael Monette
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E785-E786
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A joint effort to fight arthritis
Roger Collier
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E787-E788
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Promoting pride in practice
Roger Collier
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E789-E790
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Briefly
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E791-E792
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For the record
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E793-E795
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Research

Influenza vaccination coverage across ethnic groups in Canada
Susan Quach, Jemila S. Hamid, Jennifer A. Pereira, Christine L. Heidebrecht, Shelley L. Deeks, Natasha S. Crowcroft, Sherman D. Quan, Stephanie Brien, and Jeffrey C. Kwong, for the Public Health Agency of Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Influenza Research Network Vaccine Coverage Theme Group
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1673-1681
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Visibility of the urethral meatus and risk of urinary tract infections in uncircumcised boys
Alexander Sasha Dubrovsky, Bethany J. Foster, Roman Jednak, Elise Mok, and David McGillivray
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E796-E803
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Risk of cancer among patients with herpes zoster infection: a population-based study
Yu-Ping Wang, Chia-Jen Liu, Yu-Wen Hu, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Yi-Tsung Lin, and Chang-Phone Fung
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E804-E809
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Comparing methods to calculate hospital-specific rates of early death or urgent readmission
Carl van Walraven, Jenna Wong, Steven Hawken, and Alan J. Forster
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E810-E817
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Guidelines

Recommendations on screening for type 2 diabetes in adults
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1687-1696
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Analysis

The global cancer epidemic: opportunities for Canada in low- and middle-income countries
Ophira M. Ginsburg, Timothy P. Hanna, Theodore Vandenberg, Anil A. Joy, Mark Clemons, Melaku Game, Ronald MacCormick, Lorraine M. Elit, Barry Rosen, Yasmin Rahim, William Geddie, Simon B. Sutcliffe, and Mary Gospodarowicz
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1699-1704
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Practice

Cases: False-positive human T-lymphotropic virus serology after intravenous immunoglobulin transfusion
Sophie Savary Bélanger, Douglas Fish, John Kim, and Sandra Cohen
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1709-1712
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Five Things to Know About...: “Bath salts”
Tony Antoniou and David N. Juurlink
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1713
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Clinical Images: Cushing syndrome due to ritonavir–fluticasone interaction
Eduardo Canalejo and María S. Pacheco
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1714
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Clinical Images: Hand-foot syndrome related to chemotherapy
Jianjun Qiao and Hong Fang
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E818
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Clinical Images: Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity
Bartosz Hudzik and Lech Polonski
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E819
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Letters

Adaptive reasons for variation in sex ratios
João Alpedrinha and Geoff Wild
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1715
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Minimizing injection pain
Michel J. Belliveau and David R. Jordan
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1715-a
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Federal Aboriginal health programs
Leona Aglukkaq
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1715-b-1716
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The author responds
Paul Christopher Webster
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1716
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Farm-grown superbugs?
Brad Hicks
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1716-b
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Humanities

Art: The art of medicine
Adele Weder
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1717-1718
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Books: A patient and her snail
Debra Martens
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1719
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Poetry: Competency parfait (a common sense–based clinical practice guideline)
Michael J. Passmore
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E820
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Books: The politics of development
Gretchen Roedde
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E821-E822
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Books: When you have eliminated the impossible …
Marcin Chwistek
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:E823
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Salon

What does the feminization of family medicine mean?
Anne Biringer and June C. Carroll
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184:1752
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