Editorial

Medicare on the hustings

CMAJ 2004 170: 1637; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040723 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Éditorial

L'assurance-maladie et la campagne électorale

CMAJ 2004 170: 1639; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040724 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Highlights of this issue

Highlights of this issue

CMAJ 2004 170: 1643 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters • Correspondance

Recognizing neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Patricia I. Rosebush, Sarah Garside, and Michael F. Mazurek
CMAJ 2004 170: 1645; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031692 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Discontinuation of benzodiazepines

Myre Sim
CMAJ 2004 170: 1645-1646; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031869 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Discontinuation of benzodiazepines

Shabbir M.H. Alibhai
CMAJ 2004 170: 1646; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040166 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cat naps

G. Frank O. Tyers
CMAJ 2004 170: 1646; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1032025 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sustainability of health care in Canada

Mark Fruitman
CMAJ 2004 170: 1646-1647; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040426 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sustainability of health care in Canada

Morris L. Barer, Robert G. Evans, and Kimberlyn McGrail
CMAJ 2004 170: 1647; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040685 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reducing adverse events

William McLean
CMAJ 2004 170: 1647; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040362 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reducing adverse events

Alan J. Forster and Carl van Walraven
CMAJ 2004 170: 1650; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040686 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction

CMAJ 2004 170: 1650 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Synopsis • Synopsis

       News • Nouvelles

ED problems result of bed shortages, doctors contend

         Laura Eggertson
         CMAJ 2004 170: 1653-1654; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040614 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robot arms to revolutionize neurosurgery — and more

         Dina O'Meara
         CMAJ 2004 170: 1654; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040616 [Full Text] [PDF]  

FP fights for earthquake-proof schools in BC

         Deb Jones
         CMAJ 2004 170: 1655; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040602 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Breast cancer patients sue over radiotherapy wait times

         Heather Pengelley
         CMAJ 2004 170: 1655; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040615 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cesarean sections at all-time high

         Laura Eggertson
         CMAJ 2004 170: 1656; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040714 [Full Text] [PDF]  

US adopts bar codes for drug products

         Milan Korcok
         CMAJ 2004 170: 1657; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040617 [Full Text] [PDF]  

News @ a glance

         Barbara Sibbald
         CMAJ 2004 170: 1658; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040620 [Full Text] [PDF]  

       Analysis • Analyses

Responding to tragic error: lessons from Foothills Medical Centre

         Robert V. Johnston, Paul Boiteau, Kelley Charlebois, Steve Long, and David U
         CMAJ 2004 170: 1659-1660; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040713 [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

Is a perfect storm brewing on the health care front?

         Lawrie McFarlane
         CMAJ 2004 170: 1661-1662; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040712 [Full Text] [PDF]  

       Practice • Dans la practique

Prevention of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women: recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

         Angela M. Cheung, Denice S. Feig, Moira Kapral, Natalia Diaz-Granados, and Sylvie Dodin
         CMAJ 2004 170: 1665-1667; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1030757 [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Extended Version] [Francais]  

              Health and Drug Alerts • Alertes médicales et pharmaceutiques

Asthma drug zafirlukast (Accolate): serious hepatic events

                       Eric Wooltorton
                       CMAJ 2004 170: 1668; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040720 [Full Text] [PDF] [Early Release]  

              Public Health • Santé publique

West Nile virus: round five

                       Erica Weir and Howard Shapiro
                       CMAJ 2004 170: 1669-1670; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040682 [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

              In the literature

Does perioperative hyperoxia alter the incidence of surgical site infection?

                       David R. Urbach
                       CMAJ 2004 170: 1671; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040622 [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

              Clinical Vistas • Images cliniques

Sturge–Weber syndrome diagnosed in a 45-year-old man

                       Muhammad S. Hussain, Derek J. Emery, James R. Lewis, and Wendy S. Johnston
                       CMAJ 2004 170: 1672; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031947 [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

Research • Recherche

Relation between randomized controlled trials published in leading general medical journals and the global burden of disease

Paula A. Rochon, Azad Mashari, Ariel Cohen, Anjali Misra, Dara Laxer, David L. Streiner, Julie M. Dergal, Jocalyn P. Clark, Jennifer Gold, and Malcolm A. Binns
CMAJ 2004 170: 1673-1677; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada

G. Ross Baker, Peter G. Norton, Virginia Flintoft, Régis Blais, Adalsteinn Brown, Jafna Cox, Ed Etchells, William A. Ghali, Philip Hébert, Sumit R. Majumdar, Maeve O'Beirne, Luz Palacios-Derflingher, Robert J. Reid, Sam Sheps, and Robyn Tamblyn
CMAJ 2004 170: 1678-1686; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040498 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Online Appendix 1] Online Appendix 2 Online Appendix 3  

Commentary • Commentaire

Evidence for global health

Prabhat Jha and James V. Lavery
CMAJ 2004 170: 1687-1688; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040367 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Health care as a risk factor

Peter Davis
CMAJ 2004 170: 1688-1689; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040690 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review • Synthèse

Malaria

Kathryn N. Suh, Kevin C. Kain, and Jay S. Keystone
CMAJ 2004 170: 1693-1702; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1030418 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

The Left Atrium • Côté Coeur

No quick fix

Ann Silversides
CMAJ 2004 170: 1703-1704; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040736 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regeneration

Jonah Samson
CMAJ 2004 170: 1704-1705; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040742 [Full Text] [PDF]  

The teacher

Merril A. Pauls, Emma Burns, and Linda Clarke
CMAJ 2004 170: 1706; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031720 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deaths • Nécrologie

Deaths

CMAJ 2004 170: 1759; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040605 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Query • Réflexion

Query

CMAJ 2004 170: 1760; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031760 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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