Research

Health Services: Effect of early physician follow-up on mortality and subsequent hospital admissions after emergency care for heart failure: a retrospective cohort study
Clare L. Atzema, Peter C. Austin, Bing Yu, Michael J. Schull, Cynthia A. Jackevicius, Noah M. Ivers, Paula A. Rochon and Douglas S. Lee
CMAJ December 17, 2018 190:E1468-E1477
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Commentary

Vulnerable Populations: Reconciliation and Canada's overdose crisis: responding to the needs of Indigenous Peoples
Jennifer Lavalley, Shelda Kastor, Jenna Valleriani and Ryan McNeil
CMAJ December 17, 2018 190:E1466-E1467
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Practice

Cases: A case of Powassan encephalitis acquired in southern Quebec
Mark Sanderson, L. Robbin Lindsay, T. Mark Campbell and Muhammad Morshed
CMAJ December 17, 2018 190:E1478-E1480
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Clinical Images: Multifocal epithelial hyperplasia (Heck disease) in a 7-year-old boy
Alexander Kreuter and Steffi Silling
CMAJ December 17, 2018 190:E1481
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Humanities

Medicine and society: Sex education and the need for change
Catherine Carstairs, Bethany Philpott and Sara Wilmshurst
CMAJ December 17, 2018 190:E1482-E1483
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Encounters: Code blue
Sarah K. Andersen
CMAJ December 17, 2018 190:E1484
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News

Marginalized Canadians may lack information about end-of-life options
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ December 17, 2018 190:E1487-E1488
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C-section rate rises globally as “costly intervention” replaces “natural process”
Carolyn Brown
CMAJ December 17, 2018 190:E1489-E1490
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New Brunswick seeks better system for physician recruitment to rural areas
Brian Owens
CMAJ December 17, 2018 190:E1491-E1492
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Letters

Should Canadian medical schools have trainees funded by Saudi Arabia?
Benjamin K.A. Thomson
CMAJ December 17, 2018 190:E1485
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Students help shape medical education to keep up with the times
Edward Xie, Jennifer Hulme and Courtney Howard
CMAJ December 17, 2018 190:E1486
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