Editorial

Health Services: Health services research: a special CMAJ focus
Kirsten Patrick, Muhammad Mamdani, Matthew B. Stanbrook and Diane Kelsall
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1504
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Research

Health Services: Patterns of physician retirement and pre-retirement activity: a population-based cohort study
Lindsay Hedden, M. Ruth Lavergne, Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Michael R. Law, Lucy Cheng, Megan A. Ahuja and Morris L. Barer
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1517-E1523
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Health Services: Payment incentives for community-based psychiatric care in Ontario, Canada
David Rudoler, Claire de Oliveira, Joyce Cheng and Paul Kurdyak
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1509-E1516
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Commentary

Health Services: Physician retirement: gender, geography, flexibility and pensions
Michelle Pannor Silver
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1507-E1508
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Health Services: Financial incentives for physicians to improve health care
M. Ruth Lavergne
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1505-E1506
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Analysis

Health Services: Testing and treatment for obstructive sleep apnea in Canada: funding models must change
Sachin R. Pendharkar, Marcus Povitz, Nick Bansback, Charles F.P. George, Debra Morrison and Najib T. Ayas; for the Canadian Sleep and Circadian Network
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1524-E1528
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Practice

Decisions: A 15-year-old boy with sickle cell disease, chest pain and respiratory distress
Yves D. Pastore, Nancy Robitaille and Veronique Naessens; for the Canadian Haemoglobinopathy Association (CanHaem)
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1529-E1530
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Clinical Images: Disseminated blastomycosis in a 57-year-old man working in construction
Daniel Dalcin and Roger Sandre
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1531
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Humanities

Encounters: Vulnerable Populations: Sometimes a curtain
Eric Cadesky
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1532
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News

New association for health humanities coming in 2018
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1535
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Medication costs driving seniors to food banks
Paul Webster
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1536-E1537
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Opioid prescriptions still rising but for smaller quantities
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1538
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Doctor who supported tax reforms removed from board of Doctors Nova Scotia
Roger Collier
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1539-E1540
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Letters

Generic drug names: no art, no science, just enhanced safety
Fred Saibil
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1533
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Smoking is the first cause of morbidity and death in psychiatric settings
Alain Braillon
CMAJ December 11, 2017 189:E1534
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