Editorial * Éditorial:

S. Gauthier and J. R. Hoey

Editor's preface
CMAJ 1997 157: 1001. [PDF]  

S. Gauthier and J. Hoey

Mot du rédacteur en chef
CMAJ 1997 157: 1003. [PDF]  

News and analysis * Nouvelles et analyses:

Appetite suppressants withdrawn
CMAJ 1997 157: 1007. [PDF]  

MDs the key to better pain management
CMAJ 1997 157: 1007. [PDF]  

Task force to study impact of hospital closures on MDs
CMAJ 1997 157: 1007. [PDF]  

H. Kent

Traditional meets modern in Malawi eye program
CMAJ 1997 157: 1007. [PDF]  

Hypertensive crisis on tap?
CMAJ 1997 157: 1008. [PDF]  

H. Kent

BC appeals court decision on billing numbers
CMAJ 1997 157: 1008. [PDF]  

D. Square

Winnipeg centre created to study aging, prepare for problems
CMAJ 1997 157: 1010. [PDF]  

Warning issued on test kits
CMAJ 1997 157: 1010. [PDF]  

M. Sunderland

Brain waves for ultrasound therapy
CMAJ 1997 157: 1012. [PDF]  

Parkinson's disease gene leads to other clues
CMAJ 1997 157: 1012. [PDF]  

C. Younger-Lewis

Genital mutilation may raise awkward issues for MDs after birth
CMAJ 1997 157: 1013. [PDF]  

Letters * Correspondance:

P. J. Potter

Fitness to drive and the onus to report
CMAJ 1997 157: 1015. [PDF]  

K. L. Mould

Vets uncowed by fee article
CMAJ 1997 157: 1015. [PDF]  

W. B. Houston

What's in a name?
CMAJ 1997 157: 1015. [PDF]  

H. Fisher

Migraine research methods
CMAJ 1997 157: 1015-1016. [PDF]  

M. J. Gawel and WEM. Pryse-Phillips

Migraine research methods
CMAJ 1997 157: 1016-1018. [PDF]  

P. D. McCarthy and P. McCarthy

Alcohol left out of health promotion for young people?
CMAJ 1997 157: 1018. [PDF]  

R. D. Dewar

Ruling out spinal fractures in trauma
CMAJ 1997 157: 1018-1019. [PDF]  

G. E. Tafler

Terfenadine and SSRIs
CMAJ 1997 157: 1019. [PDF]  

C. Weijer

The placebo effect
CMAJ 1997 157: 1020-1022. [PDF]  

J. Hoey

Questioning tests for AMI
CMAJ 1997 157: 1020. [PDF]  

SMH. Alibhai

The placebo effect
CMAJ 1997 157: 1020. [PDF]  

Research * Recherche:

M. W. Rosenberg and E. G. Moore

The health of Canada's elderly population: current status and future implications
CMAJ 1997 157: 1025-1032. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

R. Hebert

Functional decline in old age
CMAJ 1997 157: 1037-1045. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

S. Gauthier, M. Panisset, J. Nalbantoglu, and J. Poirier

Alzheimer's disease: current knowledge, management and research
CMAJ 1997 157: 1047-1052. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

M. G. Cole and F. Bellavance

Depression in elderly medical inpatients: a meta-analysis of outcomes
CMAJ 1997 157: 1055-1060. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

A. J. Flint

Pharmacologic treatment of depression in late life
CMAJ 1997 157: 1061-1067. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

D. B. Hogan

Revisiting the O complex: urinary incontinence, delirium and polypharmacy in elderly patients
CMAJ 1997 157: 1071-1077. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

K. Rockwood

Medical management of frailty: confessions of a gnostic
CMAJ 1997 157: 1081-1084. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Krueger, C. Patterson, and Hamilton-Wentworth. Research Subcommittee of the Elder Abuse and Self-Neglect Task Force of

Detecting and managing elder abuse: challenges in primary care
CMAJ 1997 157: 1095-1100. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

Experience * Expérience:

L. E. Sutherland

My brilliant career
CMAJ 1997 157: 1087-1089. [PDF]  

N. Yurkovich

Journeys through our health care system: the lives my parents live
CMAJ 1997 157: 1091-1093. [PDF]  

Review * Synthèse:

E. Grunfeld, R. Glossop, I. McDowell, and C. Danbrook

Caring for elderly people at home: the consequences to caregivers
CMAJ 1997 157: 1101-1105. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Patterson and J. Feightner

Promoting the health of senior citizens
CMAJ 1997 157: 1107-1113. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

H. Bergman, F. Beland, P. Lebel, A. P. Contandriopoulos, P. Tousignant, Y. Brunelle, T. Kaufman, E. Leibovich, R. Rodriguez, and M. Clarfield

Care for Canada's frail elderly population: Fragmentation or integration?
CMAJ 1997 157: 1116-1121. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Gray

Are we in store for some intergenerational warfare?
CMAJ 1997 157: 1123-1124. [PDF]  

Resources * Ressources:

On_the_Net@cma.ca/Sur_le_Net@cma.ca
CMAJ 1997 157: 1127. [PDF]  

Pulse * Médicogramme:

Specialists are getting older, working longer
CMAJ 1997 157: 1180. [Medline Abstract] [PDF]  

Les spécialistes vieillissent, et travaillent plus longtemps
CMAJ 1997 157: 1180. [PDF]  

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